Weighty men’s health issues
June 14, 2012
OVER 5.5 million Australian men
aged over 18 are catogorised as
overweight or obese, according to
the latest findings from the Roy
Morgan Single Source survey.
The figure is particularly pertinent
and deserves consideration,
according to Roy Morgan, given
that this week is Men’s Health
Week (11-17 June).
Other findings in the research
include the fact that overweight
men are 22% more likely to suffer
health problems relating to bones,
joints and muscle problems; and
are 25% more likely to have lung
and breathing issues.
In terms of their digestive system,
overweight men are 32% more
likely than healthy weight men to
have problems, and a whopping
86% more likely to suffer from
issues with their heart and
circulation.
Interestingly overweight men
were also found to be 35% more
likely to have brain and nervous
system problems.
During the study, Roy Morgan
researchers also found that,
although in general, Australian men
report “feeling well” and that they
are in “good health”, overweight
men are 9% less likely to report
they are “well and in good health”.
In addition, the majority of
overweight men (74%) agree they
would ‘like to be able to lose
weight’ as do 27% of men who are
a healthy weight.
Men of unhealthy weight also
reported that they were less likely
to ‘love doing as many sports as
possible’ (19% less) and were 37%
more likely to be concerned about
their cholesterol level.
“Maintaining a healthy weight is
important, while we’ve highlighted
some of the more major issues, we
see that across the spectrum
overweight and obese men are
more likely to suffer most types of
health problems,” said Norman
Morris, Industry Communications
Director, Roy Morgan Research.
“It is encouraging to see that men
with an unhealthy weight do
acknowledge the issue, however it
would be encouraging if they were
more concerned with low fat diets
and exercise as ways of improving
their condition,” he added.
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