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A new measure of unhealthy drinking

A new measure of unhealthy drinking

FromThe Decibel


A new measure of unhealthy drinking

FromThe Decibel

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Sep 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If you have three or more alcoholic drinks in a week, you’re putting your health at risk. That’s according to a new report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction (CCSA). The government of Canada’s current recommendations are more than a decade old. Armed with new information from almost 6,000 studies, the CCSA is proposing an update to Canada’s low-risk drinking guidelines.Dr. Catherine Paradis is the interim associate director of research at the CCSA. She’s also the co-chair of this new report. She tells us what we’ve learned about how alcohol impacts our health, the new guidelines the CCSA hopes Canadians will follow and why they want mandatory portion labels on alcoholic drinks.
Released:
Sep 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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