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An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption. In particular, such laws specify the minimum age at which a person may legally buy or drink them. This minimum age varies between 16 and 25 years, depending upon the country and the type of drink. Most nations set it at 18 years of age.
The production and consumption of alcohol occurs in most cultures of the world, from hunter-gatherer peoples to nation-states. Alcoholic beverages are often an important part of social events in these cultures. In many cultures, drinking plays a significant role in social interaction — mainly because of alcohol’s neurological effects.
Alcohol is a psychoactive drug that has a depressant effect. A high blood alcohol content is usually considered to be legal drunkenness because it reduces attention and slows reaction speed. Alcohol can be addictive, and the state of addiction to alcohol is known as alcoholism.
Beverages & More, Inc. retails alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the United States. It offers wines, spirits, and beers; specialty foods and snacks, cigars, glassware, and related bar and wine accessories; beer gifts, and wine baskets and trios; and appliances, bar mixers, barware, beverages, candy, caviar, cool items, games, gift cards, giftwrap, glassware, gourmet foods, sodas, paper/plastic, and serving and entertaining products. The company also operates BevMo.com, a Website that enables customers to purchase items for home or office. Beverages & More, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is based in Concord, California. It has stores in Northern California, Southern California, and Arizona; and San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Beverages & More, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BevMo Holdings, LLC.
Think before you drink: excessive alcohol use can lead to health problems such as liver disease, unintentional injuries, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
Chart: Adults (aged 18 years and over, United States) Who had Five or More Alcoholic Drinks in 1 Day (at least once in the past year), by Race/Ethnicity (estimates for Race/Ethnicity are adjusted by age and sex), 2010. Hispanic/Latino: 19.8%; White, single race (not Hispanic or Latino): 27.7%; Black or African American, single race (not Hispanic or Latino): 12.6%. Source: National Health Interview Survey. Chart: Adults (aged 18 years and over, United States) Who had Five or More Alcoholic Drinks in 1 Day (at least once in the past year), by Age Group and Sex, 2010. 18-24 years: Male (38.9%), Female (28.4%); 25-44 years: Male (42.9%), Female (20.4%); 45-64 years: Male (26.6%), Female (12.3%); 65 years and over: Male (9.7%), Female (1.4%). Source: National Health Interview Survey.
Many December parties and get-togethers involve alcoholic beverages; often these situations involve more alcohol than people usually drink at other times during the year. For this reason, the CDC.gov Data & Statistics feature is highlighting responses to the following question from the 2010 (January-June) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): "In the past year, on how many days did you have five or more drinks of any alcoholic beverage?"
Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population.
Overall, 23.0% of adults aged ≥18 years had five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day at least once in the preceding year. For both men and women, the percentage generally decreased with age. In all four age groups, men were substantially more likely than women to have had five or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the preceding year. The percentage of whites who reported five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day at least once during the preceding year, at 27.7%, was more than twice the percentage of blacks (12.6%) and significantly higher than Hispanics or Latinos (19.8%)
Excessive alcohol use, either in the form of heavy drinking (drinking more than two drinks per day on average for men or more than one drink per day on average for women), or binge drinking (drinking 5 or more drinks during a single occasion for men or 4 or more drinks during a single occasion for women), occurs in approximately 15% of the United States population. Moreover, excessive alcohol use is the 3rd leading lifestyle-related cause of death for people in the United States each year.
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When you’re ordering the new Starbucks “trenta” you’re not only getting a massive drink (31 ounces) but also a massive amount of calories (up to 600), with the potential to pack on more than 60 extra pounds in one year.
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“An extra 200 calories per day will lead to a weight gain of about 2 pounds per month, or 21 pounds per year, so an extra 600 calories could mean an increase in weight of upwards of 63 pounds in a year,” said Jessica Bartfield, MD, an internal medicine and medical weight-loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of the Loyola University Health System.
A normal cup of coffee is considered to be 6 to 8 ounces, and studies have suggested that 1 to 2 cups of caffeinated coffee daily can have health benefits. “The new ‘trenta’ will offer 4 to 5 cups of coffee in one serving, and unfortunately the additional caffeine will not ‘burn off’ the excess calories,” Dr. Bartfield said.
“People need to recognize that these drinks are not necessarily innocent ways to quench our thirst, boost our energy or satisfy a sweet tooth,” she said. “Drinks are rather sneaky sources, usually, of empty calories – nutritionally deplete.”
Gottlieb offers a medically supervised weight-loss program involving physicians, nutritionists, exercise physiologists and behavioralists to establish positive lifestyle habits that lead to achieving a healthy weight.
“Increasing sizes of food or beverages potentially distorts our perception of portion size and makes it difficult to respond to our body’s natural cues of being hungry or thirsty or full,” said Courtney Burtscher, clinical psychologist who runs the monthly behavior management group as part of Loyola’s weight-loss program. People will sometimes use external cues to decide when to eat and when to stop. Cues can include the following: when others are eating, when the TV show they are watching goes to commercial or is over and when their portion is gone.”
According to Dr. Burtscher, factors that contribute to how much people eat may include:
generational - “My parents taught me to clean my plate and not waste food.”
relational - “Feelings will be hurt if I don’t finish what they made/gave me.”
economical - “This is such a good deal – more bang for my buck.”
convenience - “I’m in a rush and need it now.”
emotional - “Extreme moods may increase the chances for emotional eating.”
“Massive amounts of food and drink should not be promoted to American consumers when the majority of our population is overweight or obese,” Dr. Bartfield said.
Both doctors believe that taking personal responsibility for our health is important.
“Knowing our own body and our own nutritional needs is an important part of eating healthily and taking care of ourselves,” Dr. Burtscher said. “Self awareness decreases the possibility of using external cues such as price, size or others’ behaviors, and can lead to behavior change and successful eating habits.
This particular issue of Beverage World might have you seeing red (more than usual, anyway), but there’s no need to adjust your set. We’ve decided to dedicate this edition to a certain carbonated icon that just happens to be turning 125 this year (officially, May 8).
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Calorie information to be added to the front of beverage containers, vending machines and fountain equipment, raising awareness wherever beverages are purchased
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Answering First Lady Michelle Obama's call for innovative industry initiatives that contribute to her healthy families program, America's non-alcoholic beverage companies are coming together to make the calories in their products even more clear and consumer-friendly by putting the information on the front of all their packages, vending machines and fountain machines.
The voluntary commitment contributes to Mrs. Obama's efforts to help families make informed choices as part of a balanced lifestyle. The companies will coordinate with the Food and Drug Administration to implement the calorie initiative, which will go above and beyond what is required by the federal agency's food labeling regulations. The industry will start implementing the initiative across the country this year with completion in 2012.
"The beverage industry is taking the extra step of making the calories on its products more clear and useable for consumers so they can make balanced choices wherever they purchase our products," Susan Neely said. "By contributing to the First Lady's initiative, our industry is once again leading with a meaningful program to do its part in addressing social challenges. We applaud Mrs. Obama for her common-sense, balanced approach to a tough issue like childhood obesity, which will require contributions from all segments of society to fully tackle."