Ten years ago, as we put together the first edition of Men’s Health, we asked an important question: ‘Why do men die on average five years younger than women?’ A decade later, although we now have at least a partial answer, namely that men look after themselves less well than women, the so-called gender gap still persists. The key issue then for readers of the third edition of this book is what can be done to narrow this gap, thereby allowing men to live longer and healthier lives. This is precisely the problem that we have asked each of our authors to address. Accordingly, the third edition of this book provides practical.
