According to more and more Americans, they are drinking more and more alcohol in more and more Americans, even moderate alcohol consumption is a health risk. Gallup poll Release Wednesday.
Now, 53% of American adults say moderate drinking is bad for their health, while questions about alcohol benefit are rising significantly, which is largely driven by young people, which is bad for their health.
Americans report little alcohol consumption as concerns about health effects increase. The survey found that 54% of our adults said they drink alcohol, such as wine, wine or beer. This is lower than at any other time in the past thirty years.
The poll’s findings were conducted in July, suggesting that after years of many people, moderate drinking is considered harmless and even beneficial – concerns about drinking are being compensated. Even those who drink alcohol drink less, according to Gallup.
The federal government is updating new dietary guidelines, including dietary guidelines around alcohol. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Government data shows Drinking in the United States is on the trend. But other government investigations show that certain types of alcohol consumption are especially Among teenagers and young people.
Here is new information about alcohol risks. Medium drinking Once considered beneficial For heart health, health professionals have shown in recent years that drinking can lead to negative health outcomes and The main causes of cancer.
More skepticism about the interests of alcohol
It is harmful for young people to accept drinking faster than older people, but older people are encountering the same view.
According to the poll, about two-thirds of young people aged 18 to 34 think moderate drinking is unhealthy, from about 4 out of 10 points in 2015. Older people are unlikely to see alcohol as harmful – about half of Americans over 55 believe this – but that’s also a significant increase. In 2015, only about one in 10 adults aged 55 or older believed alcohol was bad for their health.
In the past, mild drinking was considered to have some benefits. The idea comes from imperfect research that largely excludes young people and cannot prove causality. Now that the scientific consensus has changed, several countries have recently lowered their drinking recommendations. Earlier this year, outgoing U.S. surgeon Vivek Murthy suggested A bottle of beer, wine and wine label This can clearly outline the link between alcohol consumption and cancer.
The federal government’s current dietary guidelines advise Americans not to drink alcohol, or if they drink alcohol, men should limit themselves to drinks per day or less every day, while women should stick to one or less.
Diversion of health advice throughout American lives may be the reason why they identify alcohol more gradually than young people, says Lydia Saad, director of American social studies at Gallup.
“As far as their advice goes, older people may be stronger,” THAAD said. “It may take longer to absorb or receive information. Given that for young people, this is the environment they grow up in growth… in many cases, this is the first thing young people hear when they are adults.”
The government is expected to issue new guidelines later this year under the direction of the Minister of Health Robert Kennedy Jr.he promised to make major changes. Kennedy has not yet suggested how alcohol advice can be transferred.
Drinking rate dropped to ten years
Less than half of Americans (54%) report drinking alcohol – Gallup’s data is low, especially among women and young people.
Young Americans have been declining for years, thus accelerating the overall decline in alcohol consumption. In sharp contrast to Gallup’s discovery Twenty years agoWhen young people are most likely to report drinking, the drinking rate among young people is now slightly lower than that of middle-aged and older people.
It is reported that Americans have the lowest drinking since the first question was raised in 1939. At least six in 10 Americans have reported drinking alcoholic beverages over the past few decades, only a few times in the history of the problem.
Americans who drink alcohol consume less
Even if concerns about health risks do not cause some adults to give up alcohol altogether, these concerns may affect how often they drink.
The survey found that adults who think mildly drink alcohol are bad for their health, just like those who don’t share these concerns, those who drink, but fewer of those who are healthy worrying have consumed alcohol recently.
About half of people worry about unhealthy drinking, saying they had a drink last week, while seven in 10 people believe that drinking is bad for their health.
Overall, only about a quarter of Americans said they were drinking alcohol in the first 24 hours, a record in the survey. About one in 10 people say it has been more than a week since they poured their drinks.
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Associated Press writer Amanda Seitz contributed to the report.