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New Zealand’s long history with heavy drinking has taken a toll on generations of children. Government policy needs to target fetal alcohol spectrum disorder before it happens.
Ireland recently passed legislation to introduce clearer alcohol labels to warn about the risks of liver disease and fatal cancers from drinking alcohol. Australia should do the same.
Canada’s new alcohol guidelines cut the number of drinks per week in the ‘low-risk’ category by almost half for women, and by more than half for men. Here’s how researchers came to these conclusions.
With pubs closed during lockdown, many British people opted to drink more at home.
Researchers have identified four main reasons young people in high-income countries are drinking less.
A doctor offers tips on how to safely get exercise, sleep and drinking habits back into shape as the pandemic wanes.
Despite World Health Organisation warnings that heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk of severe complications of COVID-19, alcohol was sold as an essential item during New Zealand’s lockdown.
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Professor of public health policy, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Scientist, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University
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Professor, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Associate in Population Health, Newcastle University
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Professor of Alcohol Policy, Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, University of Sheffield
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Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Professor of Substance Abuse, Newcastle University
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Professor, The Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University
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Professor of Public Health and Primary Care Research, Newcastle University
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Professor, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University