This report demonstrates that there is a pressing need for action to reduce alcohol-related harm in older adults across the UK. This first State of the Nation Report from the Drink Wise, Age Well programme is a comprehensive overview of alcohol and ageing today; how much older adults drink,...
(2016). Alcohol age of initiation and long-term impact: a cross sectional survey of adults in England. Journal of Substance Use: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 121-127. doi: 10.3109/14659891.2014.974228doi:10.3109/14659891.2014.974228Morleo, Michela...
In the UK, children five years and older are permitted to drink wine or other alcohol in their homes, but the government advises parents that children shouldn’t drink alcohol before they are 14 years old. Parents say they permit their children to do this because it’s part of the ...
Culture, Cognition, and Disinhibition: Notes on Sexuality and Alcohol in the Age of AIDS AUTHORS'NOTE: Funding for the research of which this article is a part was provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the form of a spectalAIDS supplement to the National Resea...
Alcohol- related mortality (age/ sex standardised) and per adult alcohol consumption, 2010– 11. Full size image Discussion Main findings In this study, we have used alcohol sales data to present, for the first time, objective estimates of mean population consumption levels at sub-national geogra...
Among the 512,724 participants (Supplementary Fig.1), the mean age at baseline was 52 (s.d. 10.7) years, 41% were men and 56% lived in rural areas. Among men, 33% reported drinking alcohol regularly (at least once a week) at baseline (current drinkers), consuming on average 286 ...
Countries did not differ in the numbers of clients seen per day or the gender balance of clients. Mean age of clients was highest in Scotland (44 years) and lowest in Northern Ireland (39 years). A higher proportion of clients seen in Northern Ireland were friends or relatives of problem ...
years and harmful drinking [i.e. Cut‐down, Annoyed, Guilt, Eye‐opener (CAGE) questionnaire score] by age 42?years. Findings? Previous drinking was controlled in final models to predict change. Drinking was heavier among those with greater childhood and adolescent social advantage (especially ...
An epidemiological study of falls in older community-dwelling women: the Randwick falls and fractures study Seven hundred and four women aged between 65 and 99 years (mean age 74.6 years), who were randomly selected from the community, took part in a study to det... SR Lord,JA Ward,P, ...
Moderate alcohol use is associated with decreased brain volume in early middle age in both sexes Introduction Alcohol consumption is one of the leading contributors to the global burden of disease and to high healthcare and economic costs. Alcohol use disorder (AUD)1is one of the most prevalent...