Open AccessAssociation Between Alcohol Calorie Intake and Overweight and Obesity in English Adults
Author(s) -
Nicola Shelton,
Craig Knott
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301643
Subject(s) - calorie , obesity , overweight , medicine , environmental health , alcohol , logistic regression , national health and nutrition examination survey , odds ratio , alcohol consumption , odds , demography , gerontology , population , biology , biochemistry , sociology
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.