- Assess your bowel cancer risk
- Assess your drinking
- Assess your sexual health
- Australian Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator
- Check your weight
- Goldberg Anxiety Quiz
- Healthy Ageing Quiz
- How active are you? Quiz
- How well do you eat? Quiz
- One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test
- Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool
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.
Assess your bowel cancer risk
How does your current lifestyle affect your bowel cancer risk?Bowel cancer (or colorectal cancer) refers to cancer of the colon or rectum. Both men and women are at risk of developing bowel cancer, however if detected early bowel cancer is one of the most curable types of cancers.
Are you at risk?
- are aged 50 years and over;
- have had an inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis;
- have previously had special types of polyps, called adenomas in the bowel; or
- have a significant family history of bowel cancer polyps.
If your are concerned or have identified yourself as having a greater risk of developing bowel cancer, please talk to your GP about screening and testing options.
Click here for more information on your bowel cancer risk.
The results will provide you with an indication of your health status to help point you in the right direction.
Assess your drinking
Alcohol use is an accepted and often enjoyable part of our lives and Australian culture.It is used to relax, to socialise, to celebrate and to commemorate.
But research suggests that too many people are drinking to cope with emotions, situations and to deal with feelings of anxiety and depression. It may be a multi-purpose substance, but it is not a good medication.
The message is simple - get the right mix and achieve a balance with alcohol and a healthy and enjoyable lifestyle.
Click here to assess the tool and see how risky your drinking is and how ready you are to change.
Assess your sexual health
How does your current lifestyle affect your sexual health?The normal functioning of the male reproductive system is important to maintaining a man’s fertility and normal sexual characteristics.
Andrology Australia has a range of factsheets available to help you assess your current lifestyle to determine if you are at-risk of developing sexual health related issues such as prostate problems, infertility and some forms of cancers.
The factsheets are easily accessible, provide you with the information you need to identify signs and symptoms, at-risk behaviours and provide information on how your sexual health concerns will impact you and your sexual health.
The results will provide you with an indication of your sexual health to help you to take the first step in making healthy lifestyle choices.
Click here to check your sexual health.
Australian Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk Calculator
This check calculates your chance of getting cardiovascular disease (which includes all heart, stroke and blood vessel diseases).It can be hard to know whether you are at risk of getting cardiovascular disease, because sometimes you can’t feel any symptoms.
If you are between 45 - 74 years old (or 35 years and older if you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background) you can use the cardiovascular disease risk calculator to find out your absolute "heart and stroke" risk score.
Your score will give you an indictation of your risk of getting heart, stroke and blood vessel disease in the next five years.
When you find out your score, you will need to ask your GP what it means and how you can take steps to reduce your chance to getting cardiovascular disease.
Click here and calculate your risk of cardiovascular disease.
Check your weight
There is more to staying healthy than being a certain weight, size or body shape.There are some simple tools available to assess your current body weight and determine whether you are at high risk of illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some form of cancers.
The Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator is a guide to what is considered a healthy weight for your height.
It is quick and easy to use, and will provide you with a guide to whether you are underweight, at a healthy body weight or overweight.
The results will provide you with an indication of your health status to help point you in the right direction.
Click here to check your weight.
Goldberg Anxiety Quiz
Everybody experiences anxiety at some time.Anxiety can vary in severity from mild uneasiness through to a terrifying panic attack.
One in ten Australian adults suffer from an anxiety disorder but do not realise there are many treatments which can help them to lead a better life.
Click here to complete the quiz to assess your level of anxiety.
While the quiz can not provide a professional diagnosis, it may assist in determining whether you should consult with your doctor to obtain a proper diagnosis.
Healthy Ageing Quiz
This quiz will help you determine whether your current lifestyle choices are helping you to age well.If you are aged 50 years or over, this quiz is for you.
It is recommended that you take your completed quiz to your general practitioner to see what he/she advises for improving your health.
Click here to complete the quiz.
How active are you? Quiz
Men suffer from high rates of cardiovascular disease; coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australian men, responsible for about one-fifth of all male deaths in 2005.A lack of physical activity is linked to an increased risk of serious chronic diseases.
Research clearly shows that higher levels of physical activity throughout life result in a:
- a reduced the likelihood of early death, caused by cardiovascular disease
- a reduced the number of new cases of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
- lower body weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels
Click here to complete the quiz and find out how active you are.
How well do you eat? Quiz
You are what you eat!Eating well is about enjoying the food you eat and getting the right balance between sensible food options and the right portion size.
Do you have the right balance between the types of foods you eat?
Click here to complete the quiz.
One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test
Osteoporosis, which literally means "porous bone" is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. Osteoporosis is a disease that predominately affects older men and women.As the bones become more porous and fragile, the risk of fracture is greatly increased.
The loss of bone occurs "silently" and progressively. Often there are no symptoms until the first fracture occurs.
Some men are more likely to develop osteoporosis than others.
There are many factors that may increase your risk of osteoporosis. These include:
- low levels of physical activity
- low testosterone levels
- smoking
- excessive alcohol intake
- poor calcium levels and
- vitamin D deficiency
- previous fall or fracture
- family history
- the taking of some medications
The Osteoporosis One- Minute Risk Test consists of 19 easy questions to help you understand the status of your bone health.
Click here to complete the test and find out the status of your bone health.
Type 2 diabetes risk assessment tool
Many Australians, particularly those over 40, are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes through lifestyle factors such as nutrition and physical activity.Family history and genetics also play a role in type 2 diabetes.
Click here and complete the assessment tool to find out your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next five years.