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Thirty‐year trends in alcoholic beverage consumption among U.S. adults (384.8)
Author(s) -
Butler Lauren,
Poti Jennifer,
Popkin Barry
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.384.8
Subject(s) - calorie , medicine , demography , ethnic group , logistic regression , consumption (sociology) , alcohol consumption , environmental health , gerontology , alcohol , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , anthropology , endocrinology
Little is known about alcoholic beverage consumption trends from 1977‐2010 among US adults. To examine if disparities exist by socio‐demographic subgroups, we used multivariable linear and logistic regression models to examine trends in daily prevalence of drinking and per‐consumer intake of alcoholic beverage calories among Americans 蠅 19 years (n=80,987) from five surveys of dietary intake from 1977‐2010. Time interactions were tested for gender, age, race/ethnicity and income. From 1977‐2010, the daily prevalence of drinking alcohol doubled for men (17% to 31%) and women (8% to 17%). Increases were greatest for Non‐Hispanic Blacks (7% to 22%), Americans aged 60+, (9% to 22%) and those from low‐income households (7% to 20%). Among consumers, mean daily calories from alcoholic beverages increased significantly from 276 to 318 kcal/d between 1977‐78 and 2007‐2010. Intake was significantly higher for males compared to females, younger age groups compared to adults 60+ years, and Non‐Hispanic Whites (NHW) compared to Mexican Americans for all survey years. Men consumed significantly more calories from beer than women from 1977‐2010, whereas women consumed higher calories from wine from 1994‐2010. Trends in alcoholic beverage intake varied by socio‐demographic factors and suggest that males, younger adults, and NHW might be vulnerable to negative health effects of high consumption of alcohol calories. Grant Funding Source : Supported by NIH‐NRSA (Grant 5T32DK768620); Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant 70017)