{"id":204948,"date":"2018-06-27T10:26:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T09:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/?p=204948"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:32:14","slug":"press-release-june-2018-alcohol-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/media\/press-release-june-2018-alcohol-calories","title":{"rendered":"Two thirds of Brits have no idea how many calories are in their tipple"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Millennials are the most likely to underestimate alcohol calories, while baby boomers tend to overestimate the amount<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men are 20% more likely to be clueless about calories, despite drinking twice as much as women<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average Brit consumes 1,815 calories a week, or 94,380 a year, which translates as 27lbs (12.2kg) a year potentially gained through drinking<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27 June 2018- Over two thirds (68%) of Brits have no idea how many calories are in the alcohol they drink, according to new research from personal finance comparison site <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finder.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> .<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This includes an estimated 2.7 million Brits who think there are less than 40 calories in a pint, despite the actual figure often being more than 200. The survey found that millennials were four-times more likely to think this than baby boomers, and they also underestimated by the largest amount across all alcohol types.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In contrast, baby boomers tended to think there are more calories in alcohol than there really are. For example, their guess for the amount of calories in a shot of vodka was, on average, 112 \u2013 more than double the actual amount of 54.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men are 20 per cent more likely to be clueless about the calories they&#8217;re drinking, even though they consume double the amount women do every week.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average Brit takes on 94,380 calories from booze every year, or 1,815 a week, which could see them put on 27lbs (or 12.2kg) in weight over the year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those watching their waistlines, two surprisingly calorific drinks to avoid are sambuca, which has around 45% more calories than other common spirits, such as gin, and alcopops, which are the most calorific choice at 155 calories per unit of alcohol.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your choice of mixer can also make a big difference. Opting for standard tonic rather than diet with your double measure of gin adds 53 calories overall and means that you&#8217;re actually taking in a similar amount of calories per unit of alcohol to beer (89 vs 85).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Ostler, UK CEO at finder.com, said: &#8220;Healthy living and self-awareness have become more common, so it&#8217;s surprising to see the number of people who still lack basic knowledge about alcohol. We don&#8217;t need to become a nation of calorie counters or give up drinking altogether, but it&#8217;s important to understand that certain alcoholic drinks are as fattening as fast food. 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