One in 10 children 11-15 had drunk alcohol in previous week - NHS survey

Three years ago, I spoke of the decline in underage drinking by children and highlight an interview by Sir Ian Thomas Gilmore (professor of hepatology and previous president of the Royal College of Physicians of London), I mentioned how reassuring it was that the proportion of 11 to 15-year old children who have ever had an alcoholic drink has been declining since 2003. In 2014, 38% of pupils had drunk alcohol, the lowest proportion since the survey began when it was 62%.

Like I said, this was back in 2016. Sadly it would appear that this was wishful thinking on my part as those figures are about to rise again.

This is a rather worrying NHS survey: bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-498976...

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Hi

Yes, you are right, it is very worrying but also very sad. Thank you for highlighting this, Richard. I hope you and yours are ok. Take care of yourself

Lynne

[davianne]

Thanks for the post Richard, What a sad statistic. I really worry for my Grandchildren. I posted about our local microbrewery holding a school disco, and commented to them on our village association website about how inappropriate it was, needless to say I didn't receive a reply, and the disco went ahead.

There is no hope for future generations when there are businesses ready to cash in, anything for a profit.

David

[Laura009]

Utterly sickening. Won't be long before they will be on this forum with the same old liver and addiction problems.

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Saldy, I have to agree with you Laura. I must confess that I used to believe that alcohol was being sold to children by some unscrupulous corner shops. I never thought it would be the local smackheads who were responsible.

Some peole may not realise that it takes 21-years for a liver to fully grow and develop. What chance does a 12-year old liver have?

[Laura009 in reply to Hidden]

None whatsoever Richard !

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Great post very informative.