Fewer people in Europe and the Americas are engaging in excessive drinking and this could be linked to shifts in culture, an expert from the United Nation’s public health organization said.
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest status report on alcohol and health, which examines the periods from 2010 to 2016, there was a drop in prevalence of people aged 15 and over who engaged in heavy episodic drinking—equivalent to roughly four 12-oz beers.
