Potential impact of alcohol calorie labelling on the attitudes and drinking behaviour of hazardous and low-risk drinkers in England: a national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the hypothetical impact of mandatory alcohol calorie labelling, comparing non-drinkers, low-risk and hazardous drinkers in terms of attitudes, knowledge about calorie content and hypothetical behaviour changes should labelling be introduced.

Design

Cross-sectional national telephone survey.

Setting

Community-dwelling adults in England between November 2022 and January 2023.

Participants

Data were collected from 4683 adults >18 years, of whom 24.7% were non-drinkers; 77.6% of alcohol drinkers were categorised as low-risk and 22.4% as hazardous drinkers according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test questionnaire.

Primary outcome measures

Attitudes to alcohol calorie labelling in shops and supermarkets and in hospital

SUBMITTER: Steptoe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429355 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature