A LIVERPOOL report today revealed teenagers were drinking less alcohol.
The Centre for Public Health, at Liverpool John Moores University, looked at the drinking patterns of 15-16-year-olds in the North West.
Although there was little reduction in the number of children drinking, those who do reported drinking less in 2011 than in 2009.
Frequent drinking – more than once a week – dropped from 22.3% of drinkers in 2009 to 17.4% in 2011. And heavy drinking – five or more drinks in one session at least monthly – decreased from 54.7% in 2009 to 48.7% in 2011. Co-author Professor Mark Bellis said: "Despite some encouraging reductions in alcohol consumption by teenagers, around one in six 15 to 16 year olds surveyed had still experienced alcohol- related violence, and one in thirteen alcohol-related regretted sex.”
