6 on Health: Health Task Force Recommends All Adults to Screen for Unhealthy Alcohol Use

by 6 on health – November 14, 2018

According to a health task force, all adults should be screened for unhealthy alcohol consumption.

The Preventative Services Working Group in the United States recommends that general practitioners control all adults, including pregnant women, from unhealthy drinking.

For people who drink beyond the recommended limits, doctors should provide them with a brief tip to help them reduce their alcohol consumption.

The new statement from the task force was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

For men aged 21 to 64, unhealthy alcohol consumption is more than four drinks a day and 14 drinks a week.

In other words, men aged 21 to 64 should not drink more than four drinks a day or more than 14 drinks a week.

For older women and men, there are no more than three drinks a day and no more than seven drinks a week.

According to the task force, unhealthy consumption of alcohol is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States.