Alcohol consumption patterns, diet and body weight in 10 European countries

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 63; no. S4; pp. S81 - S100
• Main Authors: Sieri, S, Krogh, V, Saieva, C, Grobbee, D.E, Bergmann, M, Rohrmann, S, Tjønneland, A, Ferrari, P, Chloptsios, Y, Dilis, V, Jenab, M, Linseisen, J, Wallström, P, Johansson, I, Chirlaque, M.D, Sanchez, M.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 24-h dietary recall; Adult; Aged; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking; Alcohol use; Alcoholic beverages; Alcohols; Analysis; Body Mass Index; Body size; Body Weight; Clinical Nutrition; cohort studies; Consumption patterns; Data Collection; Demographic aspects; Diet; Diet - statistics & numerical data; diet recall; Diet Records; Diet Surveys; Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Proteins - administration & dosage; Dietary Sucrose - administration & dosage; Drinking; Drinking behavior; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Education; Educational Status; ENDB; Energy; Energy Intake; EPIC; EPIC-Soft; Epidemiology; Equivalence; Ethanol; Europe; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; Female; Females; Food intake; Friends; gender differences; geographical variation; Geography; Health aspects; Health behavior; Health Sciences; health-consciousness; human nutrition; Humans; Hälsovetenskap; Internal Medicine; Male; Males; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Men; Metabolic Diseases; Middle Aged; Nutrients; Nutrition; Nutrition and Dietetics; Nutrition research; Näringslära; original-article; Prospective Studies; Public Health; Sex Factors; Starch; Starch - administration & dosage; Sugar; women; Europe; Alcohol; EPIC; 24-h dietary recall; ENDB; EPIC-Soft

Background/objectives: Europe has the highest level of alcohol consumption in the world. As drinking patterns are important determinants of the beneficial and harmful effects of alcohol consumption, we investigated alcohol consumption in relation to nutrient intake, place of consumption, education a...