the problem is they've decided to promote that message with this charity called drinkaware, which getsthat led to the government alcohol adviser resigning earlier this week and now, 50 public health experts have written to public health england saying you shouldn't be doing this at all. they're basically is this —— their argument is this, it damages the credibility of public health industry and many of the funders of the charity are undermining the messages that public health england are trying to get across, that people should drink less. public health england have been taken aback by the ferocity of the link here but they say they are trying to work in a new way, hoping to reach some of the 9 million people who go to drinkaware's website on an annual basis to see if they can engage with those people to get them to reduce their alcohol inta ke get them to reduce their alcohol intake and any charity they say willing to push their messages, they are willing to work with. whether public health england are all the critics are right will ultimately be decided on whether this campaign is su

what we are aware of is drinkaware? asked that question? about why the, they are funding when, i mean you would have to ask them. surely it has occurred to you to ask that question? we have a duty to make sure that messages to the public are accurate and evidence based. drinkaware are for whatever reason putting out messages to the public about alcohol, we are, our primary responsibility is to do what we can to improve the health of the population, public health is controversial, we have beens criticised in the past and we will be in the future. you have absolutely defended your work with drinkaware, despite they are funded by the alcohol industry, you would work with them again? we are working with them. we work i can assure your our independence has not been diminished by this partnership, our objective is to run a good campaign with drinkaware. it is not the only thing we do. it is a small step but we think it is a step in the right direction. beyond this particular campaign and this particular link, the other point

harder than improving diet or exercise, that's according to a poll by public health england and drinkawareadults are drinking above the chief medical officer's guidelines and are launching a campaign for people to have drink free days. jenny kumah reports. dryjanuary, dry january, if you dryjanuary, if you did it, maybe a distant memory or you may be thinking of going so before october. today sees the launch of a health campaign witha today sees the launch of a health campaign with a different approach. rather than promoting the idea of taking a whole month of alcohol, it is encouraging people to have more alcohol free days. abstinence programmes can be beneficial but we also know that people can come off those programmes and go back to old habits quickly so we are trying to suggest that we take more drink free days on a regular basis as well so that we can count down and drinking overall. the more you drink, the greater the risk to your health. overall. the more you drink, the greater the risk to your healthm is that simple. two thirds of drinkers find cutting down on alcohol harder than

two—thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the drinkaware charityis more difficult than improving their diet or doing more exercise. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. a cold beer or a glass of wine. it's the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it's also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines 01:14 units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they've drunk. it's difficult for everybody. it's difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 14 units a week, that's around si

two—thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the drinkaware charityir diet or doing more exercise. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. a cold beer or a glass of wine. it's the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it's also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 1a units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they've drunk. it's difficult for everybody. it's difficult for me, even, and i work in that area all the time. so having alcohol free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 1a units a week, that's around six glasses of wine or six pints of be

two—thirds of regular drinkers questioned in a survey for public health england and the charity drinkawaretheir diet or doing more exercise. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has more details. a cold beer or a glass of wine. it's the way many of us choose to unwind at the end of the day. but it's also a habit that middle—aged people in particularfind hard to break. research shows that those between 45 and 65 are most likely to drink more than the recommended guidelines of 14 units a week. and struggle to keep track of what they've drunk. it's difficult for everybody. it's difficult for me, even, and i work in that so having alcohol—free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week as well as having immediate benefits for your health and well—being. according to a yougov poll, two thirds of regular drinkers say they find cutting down on alcohol harder than improving diet, exercise, or even stopping smoking. and one in five people surveyed drank more than the recommended 14 units a week — that's around six glasses of wine or six pints of beer. it

with me now is dr sarahjarvis, a gp who is also a medical adviserfor drinkaware, a charity backing theys off because we can get our heads around that? absolutely and it is easier to get out of the hat but of becoming dependent psychologically on call if you have a couple of alcohol free days. — — on call if you have a couple of alcohol free days. —— out of the habit. two thirds of people who drank overia habit. two thirds of people who drank over 14 units a week find it harder to cut down them change their diet or give harder to cut down them change their diet orgive up harder to cut down them change their diet or give up exercise or even in some cases stop smoking so clearly it is deeply ingrained and it seems they would find it easier to have an alcohol free day than to cut down the amount of alcohol. is today's alcohol free enough? well that depends on how much you're drinking on the other days. one of the reasons that we move from weekly to daily originally some years ago was because we said ok, 14 units a week and people saved them all up to have them ona and people saved them all

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