Public Health Implications of Alcohol Production and Trade

Australian alcohol policy 2001–2013 and implications for public health

BACKGROUND Despite a complex and multi-faceted alcohol policy environment in Australia, there are few comprehensive reviews of national and state alcohol policies that assess their effectiveness and research support. In mapping the Australian alcohol policy domain and evaluating policy interventions in each of the core policy areas, this article provides a useful resource for researchers. The i...

Public health implications of meat production and consumption.

The high level of meat and saturated fat consumption in the USA and other high-income countries exceeds nutritional needs and contributes to high rates of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and some cancers. Affluent citizens in middle- and low-income countries are adopting similar high-meat diets and experiencing increased rates of these same chronic diseases. T...

Alcohol Consumption Among Adolescents — Implications for Public Health

alcohol consumption in russia and some aspects of public health

results predictable increase of alcohol consumption after the anti-alcohol campaign facilitated the economical reforms of the early 1990s: workers and some intelligentsia did not oppose privatizations of state-owned enterprises partly due to their drunkenness, involvement in workplace theft and use of equipment for profit, which was often tolerated by the management at that and earlier time. co...

Traditional grain alcohol (bai jiu, 白酒) production and use in rural central China: implications for public health

Background: An estimated 25 % of the alcohol consumed in China is traditional unrecorded alcohol produced and distributed informally. Consequently there is concern about its safety and its contribution to public health risk. Little has been written about this type of alcohol in China. Methods: Researchers observed the manufacture of traditional bai jiu in a rural area of Hubei Province, Central...