Background
non-alcoholic beverages
Excessive alcohol consumption is a global public health issue. In 2020, an estimated 1.34 billion people (1.03 billion males and 310 million females) consumed a harmful amount of alcohol [In Japan, efforts to reduce excessive drinking have been made through Health Japan 21, a program that constitutes Japan’s primary prevention strategy, and the enforcement of the Basic Law on Measures to Prevent Damage to Health Due to Alcohol, but their effects have been insufficient [One strategy that has been discussed is the use of low-alcohol or non-alcoholic beverages [There is currently limited evidence on the effect of non-alcoholic beverages [