Sentences with phrase «risk drinking behaviours»

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1 May 2015 Media Statement Australian beverages industry responds to Cambridge University study linking soft drinks and diabetes «Leading health organisations, including the World Diabetes Federation, agree that the known risk factors for type 2 diabetes include lifestyle factors, such as obesity and sedentary behaviour, as well as family history, age and ethnicity — not -LSB-...]

This site is designed to promote towards EU and national stakeholders information about the risks related to alcohol abuse and misuse and to promote responsible drinking behaviour.

Using scientific evidence as the basis for public guidelines is similar to existing public health initiatives for low - risk drinking, or safer sexual behaviours to avoid infection or unwanted pregnancy.

Binge drinking is a major public health issue because it is an important risk factor for alcohol - related injuries, accidental death, unsafe sexual behaviour, and long - term substance abuse problems.

Children and young people who suffered injuries through drink or drugs or violence also faced an increased risk of suicide or premature death through alcohol and drug behaviours.»

Question: Is a teacher - delivered personality - targeted intervention for substance misuse effective for reducing drinking behaviour in high - risk adolescents?

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Studies have shown that life satisfaction is negatively associated with adolescent problem behaviour: sexual risk - taking behaviours (Valois et al. 2002); substance abuse, such as cigarette smoking, chewing tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, regular alcohol use, binge drinking (Desousa et al. 2008; Piko et al. 2005; Zullig et al. 2001); and violence and aggression, such as carrying a gun or weapon, physical fighting, stealing or damaging property at school, and drinking and driving (MacDonald et al. 2005; Valois et al. 2001).