Beer-Purchasing Behavior, Dietary Quality, and Health Outcomes among U.S. Adults*. (5th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Volpe, Richard; McCullough, Michael; Adjemian, Michael K.; Park, Timothy
• Is Part Of: Journal of wine economics. Volume 11:Number 3(2016)
• Page Start: 436
• Page End: 464
• Publication Date: 2016-12-05
• Subjects: alcohol purchases, -- dietary quality, -- heart disease, -- scanner data, -- type 2 diabetes; Wine and wine making -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Wine and wine making -- Periodicals; Wineries -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; 338.476632
• DOI: 10.1017/jwe.2016.19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1931-4361

Abstract

Abstract: We use rich IRI household- and individual-level data sets to examine the relationships between heart disease and type 2 diabetes with alcohol consumption. We control for a wide variety of potential confounders, including diet quality and lifestyle choices. Beer has long been studied in related literature to ambiguous outcomes. We explore the role of beer consumption in detail by separating craft beer from macrobeer and imported beer. The results indicate that most alcohol types could have protective effects against heart disease and diabetes, with the strongest effects occurring for craft beer and wine. Treating beer as a single, homogenous category in health studies likely leads to measurement error. (JEL Classifications: D12, I12, R20, L66, P36)