• CHECK
• LEARN
• FIND

 

Welcome to Healthy Men

Here you’ll find useful health and lifestyle information to help men stay physically and mentally fit.

There are a range of health and lifestyle information and services - from assessing your body weight and diet, to risk assessment for risk for diabetes, cancers and more.  There are even checks to assess your anxiety levels and drinking habits.

The pages also offer advice on dealing with a host of illnesses and provide an easy way to find a GP in your area.

We hope you find the webpages useful in monitoring and maintaining your ongoing health and well being.

Bookmark this page and come back often!


GPQ acknowledges funding by Queensland Health.

All information published on the Healthy Men webpages is accurate at the time of publication. While the information on the Healthy Men webpages has been researched, reviewed and presented with all due care, the content is provided for general education and information only.

CHECK

Here you can self-check and assess your current state of health, as well as look for any symptoms you may have for a variety of physical and mental issues.

These quizzes help you to assess your current lifestyle choices and give you a good indication of your overall health. 

These checks take a few minutes to complete. Simply click on the links below and start checking.

Links

• Assess your bowel cancer risk
  Assesses how your lifestyle choices affect your bowel cancer risk
• Assess your drinking
  Assesses how risky your drinking is and how ready you are to change
• Assess your sexual health
  Assesses how your current lifestyle affects your sexual health
• Australian Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator
  Calculates your chance of getting cardiovascular disease
• Check your weight
  Gives you a guide as to what is considered a healthy weight for your height
• Goldberg Anxiety Quiz
  Assesses your level of anxiety and determines if you should consult your GP
• Healthy Ageing Quiz
  Helps you determine whether your current lifestyle choices are helping you age well
• How active are you? Quiz
  Helps you discover how active you really are
• How well do you eat? Quiz
  Determines if you eat the right balance of food
• One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test
  Tests your understanding of the status of your bone health
• Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool
  Calculates your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next five years

LEARN

If a CHECK has highlighted possible signs of a problem, you’ll find specific information on that issue here.

This section is designed to help you gain valuable knowledge and understanding of any potential condition you may be suffering from, as well as helpful advice on how to deal with it.

Links

• Drink sensibly
  Discover how you can moderate your alcohol consumption
• Eat healthy
  Find out how you can eat and cook healthy meals and snacks
• Get active
  Tips to help you get active
• Good oral health
  Discover the importance of good oral health
• Maintain your sexual health
  Information to help maintain your sexual health
• Manage anxiety
  Find out how to manage anxiety and who can help you
• Reduce bowel cancer risk
  Learn how to reduce your bowel cancer risk
• Reduce smoking
  Find out why you should quit, tips on quitting and who can help you
• Visit your GP
  Tips that can help you with your visit to the GP

FIND

So a CHECK has highlighted a possible problem, and you’ve got some valuable insight into what that problem might be in the LEARN section.

Now it’s time to find a local GP who can further assess the issue and take remedial action if necessary.

And don’t forget to review 'Questions to Ask your General Practitioner' to get the most out of your appointment.

Links

• Questions to ask your GP
  Questions about your general health, symptoms, medications, treatment and tests you may like to ask your GP
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