Citation

Smarandescu L, Walker D, Wansink B. Int. J. Drug Policy 2014; 25(6): 1131-1134.

Affiliation

Marketing, Department of Applied Economics and Management and Food and Brand lab at Cornell University, 15 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.08.018

PMID

25265898

Abstract

BACKGROUND: This research examines self-reports of alcohol consumption to identify how gender and body mass index (BMI) might relate to the overconsumption of alcohol in a college population.

METHODS: A self-report study with a 21 and older sample looked at the relationship between gender, BMI and alcohol consumption.

RESULTS: For both men and women, the number of drinks consumed was positively associated with BMI. Although men consume more drinks than women at all BMI levels, women show a higher rate of increase in the number of drinks consumed as BMI increases than men.

CONCLUSIONS: Increasing awareness of the two-way relationship between BMI and the number of drinks consumed may represent an effective step towards curbing alcohol consumption, with significant implications for individuals who are overweight.

Language: en