The effectiveness of alcohol label information for increasing knowledge and awareness: a rapid evidence review

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 1458
• Main Authors: Edmunds, Charlotte E R, Gold, Natalie, Burton, Robyn, Smolar, Maria, Walmsley, Matthew, Henn, Clive, Egan, Mark, Tran, Anh, Harper, Hugo, Dale, Max Kroner, Brown, Helen, Londakova, Kristina, Sheron, Nick, Greaves, Felix
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.07.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - prevention & control; Alcoholic Beverages; Alcohols; Consumers; Design of experiments; Drinking; Drinking behavior; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Effectiveness; Experimental design; Harm reduction; Health aspects; Health literacy; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humans; Labeling; Labels; Methods; Pregnancy; Product Labeling; Public health; Quality assessment; Quality control; Risk; Risk communication; Self Report; Social aspects; Systematic review; Warning labels; Womens health; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; England; Health literacy; Alcohol; Risk communication; Warning labels; Health risks

Consumers have difficulty understanding alcoholic units and low risk drinking guidelines (LRDG). Labelling may improve comprehension. The aims of this rapid evidence review were to establish the effectiveness of on-bottle labelling for (i) improving comprehension of health risks; (ii) improving comp...