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Binge Drinking Culture Presented by Charlotte Cornish FDS International Hill House Highgate Hill

Binge Drinking Culture Presented by Charlotte Cornish FDS International Hill House Highgate Hill London N19 5NA. Binge Drinking – two areas of concern. A long term health issue AND an immediate social problem Alcohol played a part in over 1 million fights

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Binge Drinking Culture Presented by Charlotte Cornish FDS International Hill House Highgate Hill

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  1. Binge Drinking Culture Presented by Charlotte Cornish FDS International Hill House Highgate Hill London N19 5NA

  2. Binge Drinking – two areas of concern A long term health issue AND an immediate social problem • Alcohol played a part in • over 1 million fights • 19,000 sexual assaults each year • 76,000 facial injuries • Hangovers result in 17 million lost working days, costing employers £6.4 billion This research focuses on the social issues

  3. Our research based on US obesity work Found that social influence is very powerful: the chance of any individual being obese increases by 57% if s/he has a friend who becomes obese

  4. New definition of binge drinkers

  5. New definition of binge drinker How much is DRUNK How much it takes to get you VERY DRUNK +

  6. New definition of binge drinker How much is DRUNK How much it takes to get you VERY DRUNK + Binge Drinker 16% of all 18-24 year olds (55% male and 45% female)

  7. Have we got the right group? • 91% get VERY DRUNK at least once a week • only 21% of all 18-24 year olds • 71% enjoy GOING OUT TO GET DRUNK • only 39% of all 18-24 year olds

  8. And when drunk…this group are 170% more likely to have got involved in vandalism

  9. And when drunk…this group are 108% more likely to have got into a fight

  10. And when drunk…this group are 95% more likely to have slept with someone…

  11. And when drunk…this group are 95% more likely to have slept with someone… …and regretted it

  12. How big is the binge…? • 950,000 – 18 -24 year old binge drinkers: • Each binge drinker has 80 bingeing sessions a year • more than one a week • 1.5 million binges in the UK every week • 200,000 binge-drinking sessions by young adults every day

  13. To what extent does social influence have an effect • The chances of a young person being a binge drinker is 107%more likely if they have friends who are binge drinkers • This is sufficient by itself to explain the rise in binge drinking amongst young people  • Policies focusing on social influences will bring a successful reduction in anti-social behaviour • It can work – Think! – reduction in drink driving

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