|
The point of drinking is to get drunk?
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-07-22 14:18
Germans are Europe's worst binge drinkers with almost one in five believing
"the point of drinking is to get drunk," according to a survey Wednesday.
Beer drinkers raise
their during the opening day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich,
Germany September 20, 2003. Germans are Europe's worst binge drinkers with
almost one in five believing 'the point of drinking is to get drunk,'
according to a survey released on July 21, 2004. In the past, Britons have
been condemned as the continent's prime offenders but the Mintel market
research survey of 35,000 people painted a different picture.
[Reuters] | In the past, Britons have been
condemned as the continent's prime offenders but the Mintel market research
survey of 35,000 people painted a different picture.
"Although the Germans may not go drinking as often as the British, when they
do drink, many want to get drunk," said Mintel senior consumer analyst Michelle
Strutton.
The survey showed that 17 percent of German adults believe "the point of
drinking is to get drunk." This was twice the proportion of adults in Britain
who felt the same way.
"The fact that German adults are seemingly more inclined than the British to
get drunk could help ease the British reputation for lavish drinking and an
over-indulgent pub culture," Strutton said.
But the German Brewers' Association insisted the problem was not widespread.
Its managing director, Peter Hahn, told Reuters: "The majority of Germans are
very moderate drinkers. Only a very small percentage don't know how to drink
alcohol sensibly. So-called binge drinkers are a very small minority in
Germany."
"Germany, like Britain, has a culture of beer drinking that dates back for
centuries and so we know how to cope with alcohol," he said.
|
 | | | Swimwear for Athens Olympics debuts | | |  | | | People cool off in water | | |  | | | Summer weight reduction camp | | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top Life
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
