9.9M Filipino adults are binge drinkers —FNRI

More than half of Filipinos who are 20 years old or older maybe considered binge drinkers, a 2018 study by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute showed.

According to Mariz Umali's report on "24 Oras", the 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey indicated that 9.9 million Filipinos or 55% of those in the age bracket were binge drinkers.

Binge drinking means five standard drinks for men and four for women over the past 30 days.

The study showed that 68.7% of the binge drinkers were men; 29.5%, women. —NB, GMA News