HE101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Bone Density, Carcinogen, Smoking Cessation
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Alcohol use is common: 78% of canadians report past-year use. Moderate consumpion associates with some health beneits. Alcohol abuse signiicant public health issue: associates with signiicant morbidity and mortality. Women don"t have enough alcohol dehydrogenase, therefore more alcohol will get into the small intesine and absorb more and faster (30% more increase is bac) Guideline 1 chronic use: women - 10 drinks/week, 2 drinks/day most days, men - 15 drinks/week, 3 drinks/day most days. Guideline 2 acute use: 3 drinks (women), 4 drinks (men) Lifeime use of alcohol 89. 7% of people overall: past 12 months 78% Alcohol is a drug modiies body funcions: ethyl alcohol (ethanol) responsible for efects in body. In the body: alcohol quickly absorbs in stomach, small intesine. Ethanol acetaldehyde acetone co2 water (+energy) Absorpion and metabolism inluenced by: amount and rate of consumpion, food in stomach, sex, boy size and composiion, metabolism. Blood alcohol level (bac: concentraion of alcohol in the blood.
