The gap between the number of men and women who drink alcohol is shrinking, which is likely due to societal changes, the NHRI said. The government should amend the laws to require that the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption be made clearer on the packaging of alcoholic beverages, it said. The team used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test developed by the WHO to define harmful consumption of alcohol. Over the same period, the number of women surveyed who engaged in harmful drinking grew from 1.32 percent to 1.72 percent, he added. “The gender gap in alcohol consumption has been shrinking in the past few years in South Korea and Japan as well,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 23, 2022 20:29 UTC