A research group at the University of Tsukuba conducted a cross-sectional survey on all-you-can-drink at restaurants, targeting 31 students from 35 universities and 533 faculties in the Kanto region.As a result, 95.8% of university students have used all-you-can-drink, and it is clear that the amount of alcohol consumed with all-you-can-drink increases 1.8 times for male students and 1.7 times for female students compared to the case without all-you-can-drink. bottom.
Overdose of alcohol among young people is a global problem, and the number of deaths caused by overdose of alcohol among young people in their teens and 10s, including university students, reaches 20 annually.However, in Japan, many restaurants offer all-you-can-drink services, and there is an environment that is tolerant of alcohol.On the other hand, little research has been conducted on the effects of all-you-can-drink, which is thought to lead to excessive alcohol intake, on the amount of alcohol consumed by university students who will be responsible for Japan in the future.
Of the 533 Japanese university students, 511 students (95.8%) who answered that they had used all-you-can-drink were analyzed, and the difference between the use of all-you-can-drink and the amount of alcohol consumed by university students was investigated. ..As a result, the amount of drinking increased 1.8 times for male students and 1.7 times for female students with all-you-can-drink compared to the case without all-you-can-drink, and in addition, 39.8% of male students and 30.3% of female students. , It turned out that he is drinking dangerously called HED (temporary heavy drinking) only in the case of all-you-can-drink.
It is known that 4 to 5% of Japanese people cannot drink alcohol or have a very weak constitution.It is extremely dangerous that these students may be consuming nearly twice as much alcohol as usual when using all-you-can-drink, and it is necessary for the all-you-can-drink provider to discuss how it should be. There is.
