June 9, 2021 11:42 am
Farmers experience five times higher cardiovascular, three times higher cancer and seven times higher mortality in the working age range than “white collar” workers, Teagasc notes.
Teagasc, through its research, advisory, education, training, and media programmes, supports Men’s Health Week.
Men’s Health Week always begins on the Monday before Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day itself. In 2021, it will run from Monday June 14, to Sunday, June 20.
According to the agricultural authority, while males constitute almost 50% of the population in Ireland, they experience a disproportionate burden of premature mortality, have poorer lifestyles that are responsible for a high proportion of chronic disease, and present late to health services leading to many problems having poorer outcomes.