{"id":2915,"date":"2021-06-27T13:49:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T03:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-nhmrc-drinking-guidelines-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:45:27","slug":"the-nhmrc-drinking-guidelines-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/the-nhmrc-drinking-guidelines-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The NHMRC Drinking Guidelines 2021:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>NHMRC Drinking Guidelines 2021<\/strong>: It is important to note these are just \u2018guidelines\u2019, <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>However, the growing evidence around both short- and long-term harms of alcohol consumption warrant a more robust set of warnings for consumers to better inform and create appropriate awareness of the real and growing harms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You will note that alcohol should not be consumed by <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/child-alcohol-sipping-and-alcohol-expectancies-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">under the age of 18<\/a> or (Growing evidence suggests <strong>21<\/strong> should be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/21bethere.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minimum Legal Drinking Age<\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>women <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/over-400-conditions-co-occur-with-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders-fasd-study-finds-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">pregnant<\/a> or trying to become so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But also, it is important to emphasise that you should also not consume alcohol if,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/no-amount-of-bacon-or-alcohol-is-safe-world-cancer-research-fund-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">lower<\/a> your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/drinking-just-one-glass-of-wine-or-pint-of-beer-each-night-may-raise-your-cancer-risk-by-5-as-scientists-warn-the-safest-amount-of-alcohol-is-none\/\" target=\"_blank\">risk of cancer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>you want tor reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/alcohol-and-other-drug-use-dating-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">intimate partner violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>you want reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/parents-who-regularly-take-three-or-more-drinks-a-day-may-be-abusing-children-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">violence against children<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/hidden-harm-targeting-alcohol-s-impact-on-children-families-fare-2016-alcohol-contributes-significantly-to-family-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\">family<\/a><\/li>\n<li>you want to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/alcohol-harms-to-others\/\" target=\"_blank\">other harms<\/a> including, injuries, loss of productivity, accidents and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/harms-associated-with-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\">growing costs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further recommended resources,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterrisk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Risk<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>P.A.D.D. <\/strong><a href=\"advocacy\/people-against-drink-drug-driving.html\" target=\"_blank\">(People Against Drug Driving)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DrinkingGuidelines_A4_Final2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\">View PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/NewDrinkingGuidelines21.png\" alt=\"NewDrinkingGuidelines21\" width=\"700\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/NewDrinkingGuidelines21.png 1244w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/NewDrinkingGuidelines21-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/NewDrinkingGuidelines21-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/NewDrinkingGuidelines21-768x446.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHMRC Drinking Guidelines 2021: It is important to note these are just \u2018guidelines\u2019, not recommendations. 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