Alcohol stats expert Colin Angus trawls through a lot of data to work out Brits’ drinking habits in this exceptional year Read more »
What has 2020 done to the UK’s alcohol consumption?
Consumption
On the strengths and limitations of ‘NoLo’ drinks
Lucy Holmes writes about the findings of Alcohol Change UK sponsored research into a growing drinks market Read more »
COVID-19 and alcohol – consumption data strengthens case for ambitious alcohol policy
COVID-19 has put health resilience and preparedness at the forefront of every political debate – How ready were we and our health systems to deal with a public health crisis of this scale? Read more »
Increasing choice to encourage the selection of non-alcoholic, rather than alcoholic, drinks
Originally published on the BMC blog Read more »
The label appeal: A look at industry interference in the little warning labelling study that could
Part 2 of a blogpost on the history of a groundbreaking labelling study illustrates the level of industry opposition faced by the researchers involved Read more »
Time to downsize wine bottles?
New study assessing the impact of wine bottle size on home drinking finds smaller bottles can have a positive effect Read more »
Are there associations between drinking contexts and harms that are not explained by the level of alcohol consumption?
Abigail Stevely explains the findings of her research Read more »
Does the size of a wine glass affect how much we drink?
Natasha Clarke and Gareth Hollands on an interesting experiment into a curious phenomenon Read more »
Are young people in England still drinking less?
Dr Melissa Oldham summarises the latest NHS England stats on underage drinking Read more »
Alcohol-free alcohol: A 0.0-sum endgame?
Habib Kadiri wonders if non-alcoholic drinks normalise alcohol branding in areas where they shouldn’t? Read more »
Newly defined at-risk drinkers following the change to the UK low risk drinking guidelines: who and what to do?
Researcher Philippa Case explores findings from a new study on ‘newly defined at-risk drinkers’ following a change to the UK’s low risk drinking guidelines. Crossposted from Alcohol Policy UK Read more »
Generational divide in trends in abstention from alcohol; more young people abstaining than older people
Older people might have something to learn from their younger counterparts when it comes to drinking patterns, says Dr Linda Ng Fat Read more »
The economic impact of changes in alcohol consumption in the UK
The Fraser of Allander Institute summarises the results from a recent research project on the potential macroeconomic impact of changes in UK alcohol consumption Read more »
By tackling cheap off-trade alcohol, we can support pubs AND reduce harmful consumption
New report shows that there is a common ground between the pub trade and public health advocates Read more »
Club Soda hosts the first-ever Mindful Drinking Festival
Inaugural event held as part of a movement to get people to be comfortable with not drinking alcohol Read more »
Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease – the deeper you go, the more you know
A blogpost based on BMJ paper “Association between clinically recorded alcohol consumption and initial presentation of 12 cardiovascular diseases: population based cohort study using linked health records” Read more »
Unitary transparency – monitoring drinking habits by the glass
Dr Richard De Visser explains the results of his latest study looking into the effects of unit-marked drinking glasses on people’s alcohol consumption, and what this means for the UK’s alcohol guidelines Read more »
Measuring alcohol in populations
Better monitoring of alcohol consumption is needed; technological advances may soon provide extremely valuable information about context of drinking, says Dr Annie Britton Read more »
Bang per buck – a recent history of white cider
As the Alcohol Health Alliance releases a report showing that 7.5 litres of high-strength white cider can be bought for the price of a cinema ticket, Dr Peter Rice paints a potted recent account of the drink through a medical lens Read more »
The paradox of waning alcohol consumption? It’s the culture, stupid!
Levels of global alcohol consumption have flatlined. Cultural changes may be one major reason why, says Dr Joan Costa-i-Font Read more »