Alcohol risk, guidelines and messaging with Tom Chivers & Colin Angus

The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast

In this episode I talk to two guests about the risks of alcohol use and attempts to communicate these via the UK's recommended guidelines of 14 units a week.
Firstly I talk to Tom Chivers, science editor at UnHerd and author. We talk about how the risks of alcohol use can or should be evaluated and communicated. Tom recently co-authored a book How to read numbers which includes a Statistical Style Guide for journalists.
Next I speak to Colin Angus, a Senior Research Fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group within ScHARR. We talk about the science and development of the UK’s 14 units a week recommended guidelines.
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Capítulos

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Tom Chivers on risk and guidelines (00:00:55)

3. 14 units - 'all or nothing'? (00:06:18)

4. Informed decision making? (00:07:41)

5. Cognitive dissonance (00:13:55)

6. Health warnings: info vs scare tactics (00:16:41)

7. Regulation: alcohol vs drugs? (00:19:17)

8. Science journalism (00:23:55)

9. Tom's alcohol use: weighing it up? (00:32:14)

10. Colin Angus on guideline development (00:37:18)

11. Accounting for invididual differencess (00:44:11)

12. Men vs women: different risks (00:48:29)

13. Messaging: traffic light systems? (00:50:27)

14. Future messaging ideas (00:58:30)

15. Health benefits & the j-curve? (01:01:18)