Cardiff University
People consume less alcohol as the price of food increases, suggesting this may influence the decision to buy it, a new study led by Cardiff University has found.
The research, which is the first to look at the link between alcohol consumption and cost of food, found a 1% increase in food price led to a 1% decrease in alcohol consumption.
The researchers suggest current policies to reduce harm from alcohol would be more effective if Britain moved to the Scandinavian approach where alcohol and food are sold by separate shops.
Lead author Professor Simon Moore, Director of Cardiff University’s Violence and Alcohol Research Group and Co-Director of the Cardiff University Crime and Security Research Institute, said: “Our study suggests that the price of food does indeed influence whether a person buys – and then consumes – alcohol.
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image captionLockdown saw a fall in admissions for violent injury outside the home in Cardiff, the study found
Emergency teams saw a rapid and sustained fall in violent injuries during the first Covid lockdown, a study by Cardiff University has found.
However, there was no change in domestic violence admissions at Cardiff s emergency department.
The University Hospital of Wales said it saw the average weekly number of violent injury admissions drop from 28.4 pre-lockdown to 16.5.
There was also a 92% reduction in weapon use, according to the study.
Researchers from Cardiff University s Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied data from Cardiff s only emergency department from March to June 2020 and compared it to weekly data from January 2019 onwards.