The children drinking five pints a week Cheap alcohol blamed as study finds pre-teen bingers have doubled intake
Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent
Saturday September 1, 2007
The Guardian
A persistent hardcore of pre-teen binge drinkers - almost one in 10 of all 11- to 13-year-olds - are consuming more alcohol than ever before, according to new government figures.
They have doubled their weekly intake over five years - to more than 10 units a week, the equivalent of a bottle and a half of wine or five pints of beer, according to an NHS report which surveyed more than 8,000 secondary school pupils.
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