HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Blood Alcohol Content, Binge Drinking, Alcoholism
11 Oct 2018
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78% of adult canadians consume alcohol: most popular (2011): beer, wine, spirits. Revenue from sales: ~+ billion (2011: average canadian spends + annually. Binge drinking (during single sitting , 2 hour period: women: 4 drinks, men: 5 drinks. Drinking guidelines (per week: women: max 9 standard sized drinks, men: max 14 standard sized drinks, max per day (both men and women): 2-3 drinks. Blood alcohol concentration (bac: alcohol to total blood volume (g/100ml blood, canada: 0. 08 bac (0. 08g/100ml blood), legal limit. Wednesday, september 26, 2018: individual appears sober, even with high bac. Amount consumed (time being xed: type of alcohol. Male: body mass (body composition, metabolism, ethnicity) Mood (i. e. emotional state) (the more stressed you are, the harder it will hit you) Women and alcohol: higher percent body fat, increases bac, less enzymes (adh: alcohol dehydrogenase) to breakdown alcohol. We use breathalyzers to see what their bac is (blood tests and urine samples are not as useful)
