"Americans may be drinking less alcohol, on average, than in the past -- and they're cutting back on beer and sipping more wine as they get older."
So says a story from CBS News, courtesy of WebMD. It's based on a recent study in the American Journal of Medicine.
That finding comes from 50 years of drinking data reported by 8,600 white adults in Framingham, Mass., the home of a long-term health study.
Participants, born from 1900 to 1959, joined the study when they were at least 28 years old. Over the decades, they repeatedly answered questions about their lifestyle and health, including their alcohol use.
Men and women in each generation drank less as they got older. And each generation drank less than previous generations, with heavier drinking giving way to moderate drinking.
If you're worried about your own alcohol consumption, err on the side of caution. You can even take this quiz from AlcoholScreening.org: How much is too much?
Here's a story, A drink a day, from Health writer Susan Brink explaining the health benefits of alcohol.
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