How should we set consumption thresholds for low risk drinking guidelines? Achieving objectivity and transparency using evidence, expert judgement and …

J Holmes, C Angus, PS Meier, P Buykx, A Brennan - Addiction, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Most high‐income nations issue guidelines on low‐risk drinking to inform individuals'
decisions about alcohol consumption. However, leading scientists have criticized the …

Governmental standard drink definitions and low‐risk alcohol consumption guidelines in 37 countries

A Kalinowski, K Humphreys - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims One of the challenges of international alcohol research and
policy is the variability in and lack of knowledge of how governments in different nations …

Lack of international consensus in low‐risk drinking guidelines

NAFF Furtwængler, RO de Visser - Drug and alcohol review, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims To encourage moderate alcohol consumption, many
governments have developed guidelines for alcohol intake, guidelines for alcohol …

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines

K Shield, C Paradis, P Butt, T Naimi, A Sherk… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Low‐Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (LRDGs) aim to reduce the
harms caused by alcohol. However, considerable discrepancies exist in the 'low …

[PDF][PDF] The unacceptability of evidence on acceptable risks

J Holmes, CR Angus - Addiction, 2023 - eprints.whiterose.ac.uk
The new Canadian drinking guidelines offer important steps forward in considering the
extent of life lost to alcohol and recognizing that risks from alcohol increase continuously …

Improving the epidemiology of low‐risk drinking guidelines is not enough.

M Livingston - 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Comments on an article by Kevin Shield et al.(see record 2024-08565-001). Shield draws
upon the recent redevelopment of the Canadian Low Risk Drinking Guidelines to formulate …

An empirical approach to evaluating the validity of alternative low‐risk drinking guidelines

DA Dawson, SM Smith, RP Pickering… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims. This paper proposes an approach for evaluating the validity
of alternative low‐risk drinking guidelines. Design and Methods. Twenty‐seven alternative …

Different guidelines for different countries? On the scientific basis of low‐risk drinking guidelines and their implications

J Rehm, J Patra - Drug and alcohol review, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The scientific evidence for low‐risk drinking guidelines was examined in a narrative review
focusing on three points: definition of exposure, the best way to select outcomes and risk …

Low-risk drinking guidelines around the world: An overview of the current situation

TCS Paula, C Chagas, LB Martins… - Addictive Disorders & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Identify the standard drink and the differences in low-risk drinking guidelines for
adults and older adults around the world according to sex and country-income level …

Canada's low-risk drinking guidelines

T Stockwell, D Beirness, P Butt, L Gliksman, C Paradis - CMAJ, 2012 - Can Med Assoc
In the Nov. 8, 2011, issue of CMAJ, Latino-Martel and colleagues1 suggested that new
evidence connecting alcohol consumption and increased risk of cancer means that drinking …