Why Active Seniors Drink More Alcohol

If you are more than 60 and physically active, you drink more alcohol than "Couch Potatoes". A study author knows the reasons.

[Life is Good, Ears are Good, Compiled by the Prefectural Medical Association] (1356) Do you all like to have a drink in the evening? How is your sleep? Alcohol consumption is high in Okinawa Prefecture, and in a 2019 survey, the prefecture was second in the nation in monthly alcohol consumption by adults.

Regular exercise is considered healthy – but according to a study by MedUni Vienna, physically active older adults drink alcohol more frequently than inactive adults. The surprising result raises new questions about the prevention of alcohol abuse in old age.

Sufficient physical activity is considered to be particularly healthy. According to a study by Viennese scientists, this does not really apply to alcohol consumption. Older adults consume more alcohol than "couch potatoes", they have found out. In society, heavy alcohol consumption is often suppressed, especially in the older age in the western world, a major and growing health problem.