Anup Tiwari
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MUMBAI: A global study has found
out that alcohol consumption in
India has risen by 55% over a period
of 20 years
. More worryingly, the young are
getting initiated to alcohol much
earlier, while more women are
indulging in hazardous and binge
drinking.
The Paris-based Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) recently
published a report examining the
economic and health implications of
alcohol use among its 34 member
and a few non-member countries.
Among a list of 40 nations, India got
the third position, only after Russian
Federation and Estonia, for shooting
alcohol intake between 1992 and
2012. Countries that closely followed
India were China, Israel and Brazil.
The OECD report said heavy drinking
was alarmingly on the rise among
youth and women in many countries.
"An increasing proportion of children
experience alcohol and drunkenness
at early ages. Girls have caught up
with boys in the past 10 years," it
stated.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Ind...3965.cms#_ga=1.25384637.1497087435.1427102593
out that alcohol consumption in
India has risen by 55% over a period
of 20 years
. More worryingly, the young are
getting initiated to alcohol much
earlier, while more women are
indulging in hazardous and binge
drinking.
The Paris-based Organization for
Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) recently
published a report examining the
economic and health implications of
alcohol use among its 34 member
and a few non-member countries.
Among a list of 40 nations, India got
the third position, only after Russian
Federation and Estonia, for shooting
alcohol intake between 1992 and
2012. Countries that closely followed
India were China, Israel and Brazil.
The OECD report said heavy drinking
was alarmingly on the rise among
youth and women in many countries.
"An increasing proportion of children
experience alcohol and drunkenness
at early ages. Girls have caught up
with boys in the past 10 years," it
stated.
http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Ind...3965.cms#_ga=1.25384637.1497087435.1427102593
