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Tracking your drinking connected an app could thief you trim your alcohol by 2 units a week, scientists say.
Researchers astatine UCL said their Drink Less app, which is disposable to download for free connected Apple devices, tin thief group who are high-risk drinkers.
Their study, involving much than 5,000 people, recovered those randomly recommended to usage nan Drink Less app reduced their drinking by 39 units a week astatine six months.
This was balanced to 2 less units a week connected mean erstwhile compared to a power group who were referred to modular NHS advice.
Women were recovered to use much from nan app, according to nan research, galore of whom reduced their drinking by an further 2.5 units a week, erstwhile compared to those who were referred to nan NHS proposal webpage.
Researchers astatine UCL said their Drink Less app, which is disposable to download for free connected Apple devices, tin thief group who are high-risk drinkers (Stock Image)
The experts said that while an other 2 units a week whitethorn look small, nan outcomes tin beryllium significant, 'both successful position of preventing imaginable wellness harms arsenic good arsenic reducing costs to nan NHS'.
Lead writer Dr Melissa Oldham, of nan UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, said: 'Alcohol depletion tin lead to galore wellness conditions specified arsenic crab and cardiovascular disease.
'About 20 per cent of nan big organization successful nan UK portion intoxicant astatine levels that summation their consequence of sick wellness and nan Drink Less app could thief these group to trim down.'
The NHS recommends group should not portion much than 14 units of intoxicant a week, dispersed crossed 3 days aliases more. That is astir six mean (175ml) glasses of wine, aliases six pints of 4% beer.
