This IARD Health Review discusses the role of alcohol consumption as a risk factor for cognitive decline.Last reviewed: November 2019IARD Health Reviews offer a referenced overview of recent peer-reviewed, published research on the relationship between alcohol consumption and health outcomes. ...
Read MorePreventing underage exposure to online alcohol advertising: how to add safeguards to social media marketing The 12 members of the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking (IARD) are committed to ensuring that their online alcohol marketing communications meet the same high ...
Read MoreLaunched in September 2014, these Digital Guiding Principles were the first ever set of global guidelines for beverage alcohol producers to require the content of any online marketing and social media use to meet the same high standards that apply ...
Read MoreIARD commissioned You Gov to look at changes in drinking habits among adults during COVID-19. Surveys were conducted in May and November 2020 and all figures, unless otherwise stated, are from You Gov Plc. Please click on the links below to access ...
Read MoreThe alcohol market can be divided into two main segments―recorded and unrecorded. Both segments are well established in many parts of the world and respond to social, cultural, economic, and political change. They also play a role in a range ...
Read MoreThe Alcohol Education Guide was developed to facilitate a structured and comprehensive approach to alcohol education. It walks users through program development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, and provides a list of well-evaluated alcohol education and prevention programs/interventions. At the end ...
Read MoreIn an effort to help describe the unrecorded alcohol market, as well as drinking patterns and preferences among its consumers, IARD has supported population-based surveys in several countries. This report, prepared by the National Economic University Institute for Population and ...
Read MoreA visual summary of meta-analyses published between 2000 and 2025 on alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality according to whether risk for light-to-moderate drinkers is the same or lower than nondrinkers, whether a J-shaped risk curve (lower risk at low-to-moderate alcohol ...
Read MoreThis table details the health warning requirements – on labels, commercial communications, and at point of sale – that apply to alcohol beverages, in all countries for which IARD has been able to verify the information with the respective national ...
Read MoreThis table details the health warning requirements – on labels, commercial communications, and at point of sale – that apply to alcohol beverages, in all countries for which IARD has been able to verify the information with the respective national ...
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