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Residents of Finland and Sweden consume twice as much beer as vodka (in terms of pure alcohol). [14] The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (which won 16 seats in the Sejm in 1991) was founded on the notion of fighting alcoholism by a cultural abandonment of vodka for beer. And indeed in 1998, beer surpassed vodka as the most popular alcoholic drink in ...
Binge drinking has more than one definition, but all definitions involve drinking to excess. [10] The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 grams percent or above. For the typical adult, this pattern corresponds to ...
The Truth About Alcohol is a 2016 BBC documentary that explores common beliefs about alcohol. [1] It was made after the UK lowered the recommended amount of alcohol for men to match women's at about the equivalent of seven imperial pints (4 L) of beer per week. It follows Javid Abdelmoneim as he explores the effects of alcohol on the body. The ...
In the United States and Western Europe, 10–20% of men and 5–10% of women at some point in their lives will meet criteria for alcoholism. [183] In England, the number of "dependent drinkers" was calculated as over 600,000 in 2019. [184] Estonia had the highest death rate from alcohol in Europe in 2015 at 8.8 per 100,000 population. [185]
Spirit drinking was still largely for medicinal purposes throughout most of the 16th century. It has been said of distilled alcohol that "the sixteenth century created it; the seventeenth century consolidated it; the eighteenth popularized it." A beverage that clearly made its debut during the 17th century was sparkling champagne.
The alcoholic beverage industry in Europe is the source of a quarter of the world’s alcohol and over half of the world's wine production. [1] Trade is even more centered on Europe , with 70% of alcohol exports and just under half of the world's imports involving the European Union (EU).
The broadcast journalist, about to return to national TV with a new show, says she enjoys getting older for one main reason: "I like that I know a lot more."
Consumption rates for alcohol in the United Kingdom are high along the general trend of OECD nations. However the disparity between general consumers and people who consume alcohol more than the regular is stark, around 4.4% of drinkers in the entire UK drink around 1/3rd of all alcohol consumed in the country in 2018. [12]