Search resultsAssociation between alcohol calorie intake and overweight and obesity in english adults
Title
Association between alcohol calorie intake and overweight and obesity in english adults
Publication type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2014
Authors
Journal
American Journal of Public Health
Volume
104
Issue
4
Pagination
629 - 631
Date published
2014
ISBN
00900036 (ISSN)
Keywords
Adult, Alcohol Drinking, alcoholic beverage, Alcoholic Beverages, article, beer, caloric intake, Cross-Sectional Studies, cross-sectional study, dietary reference intake, drinking behavior, Energy Intake, England, Female, health survey, Health Surveys, human, Humans, Logistic Models, male, obesity, Overweight, Recommended Dietary Allowances, statistical model, statistics, United Kingdom, wine
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 calories may be a significant contributor to the rise in obesity.