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Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 02/02/2015

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Negative Drinking Consequences Do Not Alter Readiness to Change Behaviors in Young Adults: Is Peer Pressure King?

Consequences of drinking in general promote very mixed messages. First off, moderate consumption of alcohol (specifically, wine) is often touted as being beneficial to one’s health and is frequently encouraged. Drinking too much, on the other hand, is discouraged

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across the board due to potential harm to oneself or others.

How do these behaviors affect one’s “readiness to change” consumption habits? I can certainly relate to when I was in college and how after a night or two of debauchery I swore up and down I would never drink that much again.

A new study, published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, focused on drinking behavior of young adults, and how these behaviors affect their “readiness to change” alcohol consumption habits.

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Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/14/2015

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Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/08/2015

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Wine, Mediterranean Diet, and Your Health News for 01/07/2015

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