Alcohol “use” and “abuse”: When culture, social context and identity matter

This article aims to show that the terms “use” and “abuse” conventionally mobilized to speak of good and bad consumption are not able to exhaust the range of possibilities in terms of alcohol drinking behaviors understanding. Indeed, only the consideration of contextual and identity dynamics can allow us to understand with accuracy the relationship to this substance.Graphical abstract

Source: Current Opinion in Food Science - October 19, 2019 Category: Food Science Source Type: research