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. 2014 Apr;104(4):629-31.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301643. Epub 2014 Feb 13.

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

Nicola Jane Shelton  1 , Craig S Knott
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Association between alcohol calorie intake and overweight and obesity in English adults

Nicola Jane Shelton et al. Am J Public Health. 2014 Apr.

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.

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