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Womens bodies, in general, cant process alcohol as well as mens. Thats because: he average woman weighs less than the T average man and so has less tissue to absorb alcohol.(13) omen have a proportionally higher ratio W of fat to water than men and are therefore less able to dilute alcohol within the body. Because of this, women will have a higher concentration of alcohol in their blood than men after drinking the same amounts of alcohol.(14) ts thought that women generally have I lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase (AHD) activity in their livers, so the alcohol stays longer in the system before being metabolised and therefore has greater effect.(15)
References 1 mith, L & Foxcroft, D 2003, Drinking in the UK: an exploration of trends, Joseph S Rowntree Foundation, York. 2 NHS Information Centre, Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2009 3 Ibid. 4 Singleton, N et al, Psychiatric morbidity among adults living in private households, 2000, Office for National Statistics, 5 NHS Information Centre, Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2009 6 Ibid. 7 Ibid. 8 ONS, Alcohol deaths http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1091 9 Alcohol Concern Report, Britains Ruin, May 2000. 10 NHS Information Centre, Statistics on Alcohol: England, 2009 11 Ibid. 12 aton, A & Touquet, R (ed.) 2005 ABC of Alcohol, 4th Edition, Blackwell P Publishing, Oxford. 13 Ibid. 14 Ibid.
15 2004, Booze and you, Company magazine, 2003, pp. 94-96. 16 Durex Report, 1999, Broxbourne, Herts. 17 Channel 4 News report, May 2008, http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/law_order/female+drink+offence s+soar/2115947
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