Moderate alcohol consumption is often thought to have some health benefits. However, according to new research, alcohol only benefits older people.
The global study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation was published in health journal Lancet and looked at alcohol risk by global geographical region, age, sex and year, analysing 30 years of data on people aged between 15 and 95 across 204 countries.
The research found that while small quantities of alcohol was beneficial for people over 40, no amount of alcohol was good for younger people.
