Year 8

Alcohol: short term and long health risks

This lesson will focus on the short and long term dangers of binge drinking including alcohol poisoning and alcohol misuse

Year 8

Alcohol: short term and long health risks

This lesson will focus on the short and long term dangers of binge drinking including alcohol poisoning and alcohol misuse

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Binge drinking and risky behaviours
  2. Alcohol poisoning
  3. Links between alcohol misuse and serious illness

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is the weekly amount of units for men and women?
12
Correct answer: 14
18
21
Q2.
Moderate drinking while pregnant - just five to seven drinks a week - increases the risk of miscarriages.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
Which of the following can be caused by alcohol?
Correct answer: Brain damage
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Q4.
What is the most common risk associated with alcohol consumption by young people?
Coming out in spots and developing a rash.
Getting liver disease, like cirrhosis or cancer.
Correct answer: Having an accident.
Losing weight.
Q5.
How many children are taken to hospital each year with alcohol poisoning?
1000
Correct answer: 4000
500

5 Questions

Q1.
What is binge drinking
Correct answer: Drinking more than double the daily unit guidelines for alcohol in one session
Mixing your drinks
Spreading alcohol consumption out over a week
Q2.
Drinking alcohol is legal and so it is safe...
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Alcohol is linked to over 40,000 deaths a year in England & Wales...
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Drinking to much alcohol may increase the likelihood of which of these diseases?
Correct answer: All of the above
Cancer
Fertility problems
Liver cirrhosis
Q5.
Do all all excessive drinkers have alcohol dependency disorders?
Correct answer: No
Yes