http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030919/hl_nm/health_britain_drink_dc_1LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are the worst binge drinkers in Europe and women are catching up with men in the heavy drinking stakes, the government said on Friday, urging a "more civilized" late-night culture.
A report by Downing Street's strategy unit found that while Britons drink less than most of the continental neighbors, they drink more intensively.
"In the UK, binge drinking accounts for 40 percent of all drinking occasions by men and 22 percent by women," the unit said in a report designed to inform government policy on alcohol abuse.
Those guidelines are three to four units of alcohol a day for men and two to three units for women. A unit is defined as half a pint of medium strength beer, a small glass of wine or a measure of spirits. ========
What? 2 pints a day makes one a "binge drinker"?!? Whatever.
