High alcohol consumption at Christmas

Christmas: Feast of love - and suffs

25/12/2014

As a survey by the INSA Institute for the Association of Private Health Insurance (PKV) has shown, especially young people drink too much alcohol at Christmas. According to this, almost every third person between the ages of 18 and 24 gets drunk over the holidays. Overall, about 18 percent of respondents admitted Christmas and New Year's Eve „over the thirst“ to drink. The proportion of men (22%) is significantly higher than that of women (13%)..

However, this is a trend that is generally found among young people and not limited to Christmas. „The fact is that 70 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds have ever drank alcohol. Of the young adults between the ages of 18 and 25, 95.7% have drunk alcohol once in their lives.“ In addition, are „It is estimated that more than 100,000 children and adolescents up to the age of 25 in Germany are alcoholically or seriously alcoholic.“ So is „The number of adolescents who need to be treated with acute alcohol poisoning increased by 180.4 percent between 2000 and 2012 ... (from 9,514 to 26,673).“ This reports the German main office for addiction questions (DHS) e.V.

Dr. Volker Leienbach, Director of the PKV-Verban des: „Excessive alcohol consumption must not become a habit. Therefore, the private health insurance financed in the new year specifically the nationwide youth campaign 'alcohol? Know your limit 'the Federal Center for Health Education.“

Because of the different drinking habits of young men and women, the campaign is gender specific. (Jp)

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