Health researchers at the University of Leeds are helping young people take the first steps towards reducing dangerous alcohol intake through an online personal analysis of their drinking behaviour.
Unitcheck, a website developed and trialled at the University of Leeds, aims to change the habits of at-risk young drinkers, giving them a quick check on the number of units they are drinking, and information on whether this affects their health and how their drinking compares to their peers. [continue reading…]
It’s often perceived that one glass of red wine can be good for you but current research is challenging this view. So, are there any health benefits from drinking alcohol?
Dr Tanya Chikritzhs, an epidemiologist from Curtin University in Western Australia, has been researching hundreds of studies to find out if there’s any evidence that alcohol can protect against heart disease and cancer. While Creina Stockley, a pharmacologist from the Australian Wine Research Institute, has reviewed and researched the apparent health benefits of alcohol.
Not surprisingly, the findings from the two scientists are quite different.
Dr Norman Swan distils fact from fiction to in order to answer the question, how much is too much?
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The advertising of alcohol, the marketing of alcoholic products, peer pressure and parental influence all play a part in the level of alcohol consumption among young people.
These are the findings of a team of University of Leicester experts who have been investigating the effect of alcohol advertising on young people, which also indicate that advertising seems to be most effective in the case of alcopops and cider.
The study was funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council. [continue reading…]
Published: October 17, 2007
“How much do I drink?” pondered Linda Withers as she took another sip of Foster’s lager served, as usual, in an oversized wine glass in the lounge bar of her local pub, the Rose and Crown. “Well, I don’t fall over every day,” she laughs. “But I admit we are a boozy lot.”
The Independent, Oct. 17, 2007.
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