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Men can take daily steps to live safer and healthier lives, and protect themselves from "disease" (illness) and "injury" (getting hurt). If you're a man, make healthy living a part of your "daily routine" (things one does every day). There are many things you can do every day to improve your health and stay healthy. Many of them don't take a lot of time and cost very little.

Get enough sleep: "Insufficient" (not enough) sleep is "associated with" (connected to) many "chronic" (lasting a long time) diseases and conditions, such as "cardiovascular" (related to the heart) disease and "obesity" (being very overweight). In general, adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep.

Avoid smoking and "secondhand smoke" (smoke from other people's cigarettes): "Inhaling" (breathing in) other people's smoke causes health problems similar to those of smokers. Quitting smoking has immediate and long-term benefits. Within 20 minutes after smoking that last cigarette, your body begins a series of positive changes that continue for years.

"Be physically active" (exercise): Be active for at least 2.5 hours a week. Include activities that increase your breathing and heart rates and that strengthen your "muscles" (material in your body that gives you strength). You don't have to do it "all at once" (all at the same time). "Spread" (divide) your activity out during the week, and break it into smaller "chunks" (sections; periods) of time during the day.

Get your "check-ups" (standard medical exams): Certain diseases and conditions may not have "symptoms" (signs), so check-ups help "diagnose" (identify) issues early or before they can become a problem.

Get "vaccinated" (shots to prevent disease): Even if you had vaccines as a child, "immunity" (inability to get a disease) can "fade" (disappear slowly) with time. Whether a young, middle-aged, or older adult, we all need vaccinations to keep us healthy.