Officials say alcohol played a role in a quarter of China's 265,000 traffic accidents this year, and that drink-driving cases rose 9% in the first half of the year over the same period in 2008.Because of the steady rise in the number of people with driving licences, that increase may not imply a higher proportion of drink-drivers.
Between 1985 and 2005, the proportion of drink-driving offenders decreased by two thirds.
The seven major supermarkets and a host of drink manufacturers have also promised to increase the proportion of drinks with alcohol labelling on from 15% to 80% by the end of 2013.
If you are the type of imbiber who seeks out a specific gin (or vodka) on which to base your drink, doesn't the larger proportion of that drink — which in this case comprises at least twice the volume of the spirit — deserve equal scrutiny and care?
Compared to baseline, subjects had significantly reduced number of drinks per day, heavy drinking days and proportion of drinking days.
The mean proportion of amber/green drinks at follow-up (51%) was significantly higher (p<0.05) than at baseline (29%).
At baseline, the mean proportion of amber/green drinks and foods per machine were 29%and1%1% respectively and no labelling was evident.
Larger proportions of malted drink consumers were found to meet the RNI for total energy intake, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, calcium and iron as compared to non-consumers.
A more recent study, based on the 2007 Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey (NCNPAS), reported proportions of sweet drink consumers more similar to ours, in the range 19 and 38% among males and 17 and 29% among females for children aged 4 16 years [ 21].
This result corroborates finding in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in the US, suggesting that an increase of 10% in the proportion of classmates who drink will increase the likelihood of drinking among peers by 4% [ 12].
The final outcome measure was unplanned prior to the completion of the study and comprised the proportion of participants drinking within the Canadian safe drinking guideline (for males, no more than 15 drinks per week and three drinks per drinking day; for females, no more than 10 drinks per week and two drinks per drinking day) [ 31].
