Alcohol Use Patterns and Liver Outcomes: Is There Really a Difference Between Drinking Beer and Drinking Wine?

Association between alcohol advertising and beer drinking among adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between alcohol advertising and beer drinking among adolescents. METHODS A total of 1,115 students enrolled in the 7th and 8th grades of three public schools in São Bernardo do Campo, Southeastern Brazil, were interviewed in 2006. The independent variables were as follows: attention paid to alcohol advertisements, belief in the veracity of advertisements, ...

Absorption and Peak Blood Alcohol Concentration After Drinking Beer, Wine, or Spirits

BACKGROUND Both the amount and the rate of absorption of ethanol (EtOH) from alcoholic beverages are key determinants of the peak blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and exposure of organs other than gut and liver. Previous studies suggest EtOH is absorbed more rapidly in the fasting than in the postprandial state. The concentration of EtOH and the type of beverage may determine gastric emptying/...

Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Nutrition in Alcoholic Liver Disease

Drinking motives, alcohol expectancies, self-efficacy, and drinking patterns.

The current study focused on the associations between drinking motives, alcohol expectancies, self-efficacy, and drinking behavior in a representative sample of 553 Dutch adolescents and adults. Data were gathered by means of self-report questionnaires and a 14-days drinking diary. A model was postulated in which negative expectancies and self-efficacy were directly associated with drinking, an...

Drinking patterns and alcohol-related birth defects.

The consequences of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy on the outcome of offspring depend, among other factors, on the amount and pattern of alcohol consumption. Animal studies found that bingelike drinking patterns, in which the fetus is exposed to high blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) over relatively short periods of time, are particularly harmful, even if the overall alcohol amount con...