Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health 2025
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which serves as the primary source of dietary guidance from the federal government, provides recommendations for dietary intake and healthful dietary patterns – including alcohol intake. DGA recommendations are informed by systematic reviews. The last review on alcohol and health conducted for the DGA focused on all-cause mortality in 2020; however, questions related to weight changes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurocognitive health, and lactation have not been examined since 2010.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Review of
Evidence on Alcohol and Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
https://doi.org/10.17226/28582.
Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee on Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health; Bruce N. Calonge and Katrina Baum Stone, Editors