{"id":300863,"date":"2019-06-04T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=300863"},"modified":"2019-06-04T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T20:00:53","slug":"men-live-5-years-less-than-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/men-live-5-years-less-than-women\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Men live 5 years less than women\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_300864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300864\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mens-health-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-300864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios simultaneously sign two copies of the 2019 Men\u2019s Health Week proclamation yesterday.\u00a0(Erwin Encinares)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Statistically, men already have shorter lives than women at an average of five years less. That number becomes more sobering in the Commonwealth, where the incidence of non-communicable diseases is high.<\/p>\n<p>This information was the highlight in yesterday\u2019s proclamation signing and the designation of the week of June 10, 2019, to June 16, 2019, as 2019 Men\u2019s Health Week.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ralph DLG Torres noted that this is the second time for the CNMI to celebrate the week.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the numbers noted in the proclamation, Torres said, \u201c&#8230;I think it\u2019s alarming. \u2026It is important for men to take care of their health, especially in the CNMI where non-communicable diseases are really high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Men predominantly] tend to not prioritize their health, so this proclamation is just to encourage men to bring back the importance of their health,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Torres signed the proclamation alongside Lt. Gov. Arnold I. Palacios at the governor\u2019s office conference room on Capital Hill. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Men are also very critical family units in our community,\u201d Palacios said in a short message after signing the proclamation. \u201cThank you to all our women who encourages us [to stay healthy] and thank you to our men.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Health Week would kick off on Friday, June 7, with a roadside waving at the Atkins Kroll intersection. On June 10, 2019, there would be a health outreach at the governor\u2019s office from 9am to 10am and then a zumba kickoff event at the Garapan Central Park starting 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>On June 11, 2019, there would be another health outreach from 9am to 11am and 1:30pm to 3:30pm at a venue to be announced at a future date. On June 12, 2019, there would be another health outreach at the Department of Public Works from 9am to 11am and 1:30pm to 3:30pm, also at a venue to be announced. <\/p>\n<p>On June 13, 2019, the health outreach would be held at the DPW solid waste facility, while June 14, 2019 is \u201cNational Wear Blue Day\u201d to show support for men\u2019s health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statistically, men already have shorter lives than women at an average of five years less&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":300864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}