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Men also need healthy, balanced diets  Like everyone else, men
need good meals so they are healthy and active.  However, men
are usually the better nourished members of the family because:
Appendix 2, Table 4, shows that men’s energy needs are higher
than women’s needs, especially if they are doing heavy physical
work. But men need less iron than women and girls of
reproductive age. So they need less iron-rich food (e.g. meat or
liver) than women.  Even so, some men are at risk of
undernutrition. The reasons may be that:  Men living alone or
who are sole caregivers for children may need advice on how to
buy good-value foods (see Topic 2, page 27) and how to make good
meals (see Topic 3).They may need recipes that are easy to
prepare and advice on food hygiene. Men who are HIV+ need
counselling on how to eat well and prevent weight loss (see
Topic 10, page 85).  An increasing number of men (and women)
need advice on how to prevent obesity or how