Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Long term risk from alcohol consumption across generations

Approved: 2011

Collaborators:

  • Ms Jennifer Powers
  • Prof Julie Byles
  • Prof Gita Mishra
  • Prof Deborah Loxton
  • Dr Amy Anderson

Synopsis

Alcohol guidelines for women who are neither pregnant nor breastfeeding have remained relatively consistent between the 1990s and 2010. The recommendations are to drink no more than 2 drinks a day to minimise long term harm, and no more than 4 drinks on a single occasion to decrease the risk of injury and other short-term harm. We investigated whether women across the three cohorts of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health followed the recommendations and whether adherence to the guidelines changed with age. A report has been written for the Department of Health and Ageing and a paper is in progress.