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Monday 20 February 2012

Big screen binge: Underage drinking linked to films featuring alcohol

Children aged 10 to 14 who watch a lot of movies featuring alcohol are twice as likely to drink, according to new research.

Experts questioned more than 6,500 youngsters four times, asking in each session whether they had seen any of 50 films selected at random.

The teenagers were also asked in each survey if they had ever drunk alcohol behind their parents’ back and at what point they started binge-drinking (having five or more drinks in a row).      Read Here

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