Association between alcohol calorie intake and overweight and obesity in english adults

N.J. Shelton and C.S. Knott

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 4, 629-631

Abstract: We investigated the contribution of alcohol-derived calories to the alcohol-obesity relation. Adult alcohol calorie intake was derived from consumption volume and drink type in the Health Survey for England 2006 (n = 8864). We calculated the odds of obesity with survey-adjusted logistic regression. Mean alcohol calorie consumption was 27% of the recommended daily calorie intake in men and 19% in women on the heaviest drinking day in the last week, with a positive association between alcohol calories and obesity. Alcohol caloriesmay be a significant contributor to the rise in obesity.

Keywords: adult; alcoholic beverage; article; beer; caloric intake; cross-sectional study; dietary reference intake; drinking behavior; female; health survey; human; male; obesity; statistical model; statistics; United Kingdom; wine, Adult; Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholic Beverages; Beer; Cross-Sectional Studies; Energy Intake; England; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Obesity; Overweight; Recommended Dietary Allowances; Wine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301643

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