Our View: Healthy tips for our Kiwi blokes

Steve Dyer's story is one which should provide a salutary lesson for all men.
In 2006 the Tauranga man, then 52, suffered an astonishing 12 heart attacks in the space of a week.
Mr Dyer told his story to the Bay of Plenty Times this week, in an effort to encourage men to keep an eye on the health of their hearts. This week is the Heart Foundation's annual appeal week, and so long as people like Mr Dyer continue to tell their stories, there should be no excuse for men not to take better care of themselves.
In 2006, it's unlikely Mr Dyer would have put himself in the "high risk" category for a heart attack.
Looking back now, he describes himself as someone close to the ideal weight for his height, who ate a sensible diet, did not smoke and drank "moderately but irregularly". Even after experiencing the first of what turned out to be a dozen heart attacks, Mr Dyer's first response was to "just get on with it."
It's no secret that blokes generally tend to take something of a casual attitude when it comes to their personal health.
Whether it's a macho thing, or simply a hangover from the traditional Kiwi "she'll be right" attitude, many New Zealand men are pretty relaxed when it comes to health checkups.
Mr Dyer's experience has led him to make lifestyle changes, including taking on a new job, and monitoring his own health.
All New Zealand men can take a leaf from Mr Dyer's book, and take better care of themselves - as he puts it, "if you don't do it for yourself, do it for your family."
Lesson to be learned

Someone else who should have learnt a lesson this week is the Dunedin Burger King worker who luckily managed to keep her job but was given a final warning, after complaining about her employer on social networking site Facebook.
Julie Tyler, 27, commented that "real jobs don't underpay and overwork people like BK does".
Putting aside the issue over how much control (if any) employers can have over what staff say about the company outside of work, surely Ms Tyler must now be acutely aware of the dangers of posting on Facebook and that her page is likely nowhere near as secure as she thinks.
Facebook has become a global phenomenon but as it has grown in size and popularity, there has been a concurrent growth in the number of people landing themselves in hot water through the sorts of comments or pictures they post online.
Ms Tyler's dramas are simply the most recent example of this and further proof that anyone tempted to post something controversial online should really think twice.
She should be grateful she still has a job - she would have had plenty of time to spend on Facebook had she suddenly found herself unemployed.