{"id":940,"date":"2011-05-26T12:05:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T12:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?940"},"modified":"2011-05-26T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T12:05:13","slug":"men-benefit-from-exercise-and-community-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/men-benefit-from-exercise-and-community-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Men &#8216;benefit from exercise and community activities&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Single soldiers keen to take the best possible care of their mental and physical health should join in with community activities and carry out plenty of exercise.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to Peter Baker, chief executive of the Men's Health Forum, who suggests males can be prone to bottling things up and losing their temper &ndash; or sometimes turning to alcohol as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Men who are more active, even if just in cultural or community activities, have better health, especially mental health,&quot; he says.<\/p>\n<p>Such individuals tend to be the main breadwinner and might feel pressurised by their jobs, so letting go with some exercise can have great results.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Baker's comments come as the results of a study were published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.<\/p>\n<p>It found participating in receptive cultural activities can help men in all aspects of their health, as well as being associated with low anxiety and reduced depression rates.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Trevor Smith<br> &nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-800557957-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=800557957\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single soldiers could find they enjoy community activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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