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Poor Eating Habits, Alcohol Overconsumption Linked
February 15, 2006

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Research Summary

People who eat poorly also are more likely to drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol, according to researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The study found that those who drank the most alcohol had the poorest diets, while those who drank the least had the best diets. The findings held regardless of whether the heavy drinkers consumed large amounts of alcohol at single sittings or spread their heavy consumption over time.

"Clarifying the relationship between alcohol consumption and diet quality is an important step in determining the extent to which diet influences studies of alcohol and cardiovascular outcomes," said lead author Rosalind A. Breslow, Ph.D., an epidemiologist in NIAAA's Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research.

Researchers analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to reach their conclusions.

The research appears in the Feb. 15, 2006 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology.

 

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