Find Out What Country You Drink Like
Do you drink wine like a Frenchman or down milk like a Swede? Use the sliders below to see which country matches your drinking preferences for five different kinds of beverages, according to two studies that measured drinking behavior, country by country, across the globe. , A recent study published by PLOS One sheds new light on global consumption patterns. One lesson the more a country earns, the more fruit juice its people drink, according to Gitanjali Singh, assistant professor at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and lead author on the paper. Wealth isn't the only sign of how someone fills her glass. According to the study, young peopleand men in particularare more likely to prefer sugars sweetened beverages. Similarly, a 2014 World Health Organization report provided a picture of how people consume alcoholic beverages across the globe. The average person 15 years and older drinks 6.2 liters of pure alcohol a yearabout one a drink a daythe report said. For more on the milk, juice and sugar-sweetened beverages study, read here. For more on the alcohol study, read here. ,