Potential impact of alcohol calorie labelling on the attitudes and drinking behaviour of hazardous and low-risk drinkers in England: a national survey

Objectives
We investigated the hypothetical impact of mandatory alcohol calorie labelling, comparing non-drinkers, low-risk and hazardous drinkers in terms of attitudes, knowledge about calorie content and hypothetical behaviour changes should labelling be introduced.

Design
Cross-sectional national telephone survey.

Setting
Community-dwelling adults in England between November 2022 and January 2023.

Participants
Data were collected from 4683 adults >18 years, of whom 24.7% were non-drinkers; 77.6% of alcohol drinkers were categorised as low-risk and 22.4% as hazardous drinkers according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test questionnaire.

Primary outcome measures
Attitudes to alcohol calorie labelling in shops and supermarkets and in hospitality venues, knowledge of the calorie content of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, cider and spirits) and changes in drinking practices if calorie labelling was introduced.

Results
Comparisons were made between non-drinkers, low-risk drinkers and hazardous drinkers, with analyses adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and education. Attitudes to calorie labelling were generally positive, but were less favourable among alcohol drinkers than non-drinkers. Hazardous drinkers were more accurate in their estimations of the calorie content of wine, cider and spirits than non-drinkers (p

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Settembre 2024