You can reduce your risk of adult onset diabetes with regular, nutritious, low fat diet, exercise and weight control. Symptoms of diabetes are regular or constant thirst, frequent need to urinate, fatigue or unexplained weight loss. Eighty percent of suicides in Canada are male and men's rate has risen sharply in the last few decades. Men are more often confined to mental institutions. Canada's youth death rate is the highest in the industrialized world and most of those are boys.
Canadian society lacks support systems for male mental illness.
The suicide rate for men after divorce may be 10-12 times that of women since men are more likely to lose contact with their children. According to Toronto psychologist Dr. Heather McBride, loss of a parent is a major cause of suicide and particularly affects boys. With the rising divorce rate Canada may see huge increases in male suicide unless men's support services are developed. Keeping your marriage together and staying close to your children may help achieve a long and happy old age. A healthy and secure sex life is important to most men.