Smart People Drink More
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People, tread carefully. "So that's why I'm such a lush!" "I always thought I was bright...." But let's not disguise the fact: Smart people (OK, all people, and especially women) should know better.
A few years ago it came out that drinking is more harmful to women than to men.
But do we listen to such abstract ideas that surely only affect other people?
Now a Glasgow University study reported in yesterday's Sunday Times goes against common sense: intelligent people drink more. The article goes on to say that "Women, in particular, are more likely to drink heavily in their thirties if they are bright."
The results were a surprise to the researchers, who suspect this has to do with the stressful - and potentially male-dominated - world in which many bright women work.
Sound like banking to anyone?
A group of 8,170 men and women born in 1970 took place in the study, which analysed their standardised test results at age 10 and their drinking habits at age 30. Those with the highest childhood scores reported drinking most days, and those with the lowest reported drinking the least (or not at all).
Forty-seven percent of the men and 22% of the women reported drinking more than the recommended weekly maximum, which is 21 units for men and 14 units for women.
That's right, 21 for men and 14 for women.
Got it, smartypants?
But do we listen to such abstract ideas that surely only affect other people?
Now a Glasgow University study reported in yesterday's Sunday Times goes against common sense: intelligent people drink more. The article goes on to say that "Women, in particular, are more likely to drink heavily in their thirties if they are bright."
The results were a surprise to the researchers, who suspect this has to do with the stressful - and potentially male-dominated - world in which many bright women work.
Sound like banking to anyone?
A group of 8,170 men and women born in 1970 took place in the study, which analysed their standardised test results at age 10 and their drinking habits at age 30. Those with the highest childhood scores reported drinking most days, and those with the lowest reported drinking the least (or not at all).
Forty-seven percent of the men and 22% of the women reported drinking more than the recommended weekly maximum, which is 21 units for men and 14 units for women.
That's right, 21 for men and 14 for women.
Got it, smartypants?
