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Table 412: Definitions of excessive alcohol consumption and binge drinking
Risk
factor
Alcohol
(weekly)
Alcohol
(binge
drinking)
Problem
drinking
Question Response/Calculation Risk factor present
Number of alcohol drinks
in last seven days for
different types of drinks for
different types, e.g.
ordinary and strong beer,
lager or cider, wine, sherry,
spirits, alcopops, etc
How often do you drink 8/6
or more units of alcohol on
a single day? (asked
separately for men/women
with unit examples given)
Calculated number of
weekly alcohol units based
on number of pints/glasses
of alcohol stated with some
assumptions about number
of units per pint/glass
(Porter et al. 2008b).
„Everyday‟, ‟4-6 days a
week‟, „1-3 days a week‟, „1-
3 days a month‟, „less than
once a month‟, or „never‟.
Male: >21 units
Female: >14 units
(more than the
recommended
weekly amount)
„1-3 days a week‟ or
more frequently
Excessive alcohol
consumption and/or
binge drinking
There are no national recommendations relating to young people for alcohol. It is illegal
to sell alcohol to anyone under the age of 18 years, and whilst it is not illegal to drink
alcohol under this age, young people clearly should not be drinking very much alcohol at
all. However, as there are no recommended alcohol units for young people, the alcohol
unit limits for adults were applied to young people to estimate excessive alcohol
consumption for the Young People Health and Lifestyle Survey 2008-09. The effects of
exceeding the alcohol limits for adults is clearly much worse for young people aged 11-
16 years.
13.4.3 Definitions Used to Measure Levels of Exercise
It is recommended that adults undertake 30 minutes or more of vigorous or moderate
exercise at least five times per week. The 2007 Health and Lifestyle Survey and the
2009 Prevalence Survey asked about the frequency of vigorous, moderate and light
exercise, and from this information it was possible to assess if individuals were
undertaking exercise to the recommended guidelines (Table 413). As an assumption
was made regarding the number of times per week for the 2007 survey when a survey
responder ticked the 3-4 or 1-2 times per week, the questionnaire was changed for the
2009 survey to ask survey responders the specific number of times per week. However,
there is the possibility that the question could have been interpreted differently which
could influence comparability.
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