If the source is a drug company, the claims for the product may be exaggerated. The other aspect is how we feel about our bodies. Thus, many of us feel we have to resort to cosmetic surgery, unhealthy weight loss, and other measures to aspire to an unhealthy, unrealistic body type. ET Men die sooner than women of the fifteen leading causes of death. Over 94 percent of occupational deaths occur to men.
Men are overwhelmingly the victims of violence and homicide, a health issue to be sure.
Understandably, men's lifespan is seven years shorter than women's. Black men's life span is 14 years shorter than white women's. The question of health and well-being is not just a question of mortality. The most important predictor of good health is one's economic status. Poverty is the greatest cause of ill health.