London, Jan 24: Professionally successful men are
coping with their stressful lifestyle by consuming above
average amounts of alcohol, a study has shown.
Top executives are drinking the equivalent of almost
three bottles of wine a week, which is above the recommended
weekly limit of 21 units for a male and 14 for a female.
Lawyers, doctors, accountants and other professional
men are also consuming above average amounts of alcohol 20
units a week according to figures from the Office of
National Statistics (ONS) in UK.
According to the two ONS reports, 'Smoking and
Drinking Among Adults 2006' and 'Drinking: Adults Behaviour
and Knowledge 2007', almost a quarter of Britain's 42 million
adults exceed the weekly alcohol limits.
The ONS report, quoted by The Independent daily today,
said that about 10 million people in UK across all social
classes are drinking beyond the recommended weekly limit.
"Over the last 20 years middle-class families
particularly have moved alcohol from the fringe of their lives
to the centre of it. Because it so available they are drinking
almost on a daily basis," Frank Soodeen, of Alcohol Concern,
was quoted as saying by the British daily.
The ONS said it had earlier underestimated the amount
of alcohol people were consuming, with the real amount up by
32 per cent. It also showed that four in 10 men and a third of
women exceeded the daily limits at least once a week.
Bureau Report
