Correlation between Non-Alcoholic Beverage Consumption and Alcohol Drinking Behavior among Japanese Youths
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53783#.VNMYRyzQrzE Author(s) Motoyoshi Kubo 1 , Yuji Nozu 2 , Chie Kataoka 2 , Masako Kudo 3 , Shiori Taniguchi 3 , Yuki Sato 4 , Naoko Nakayama 5 , Motoi Watanabe 6 Affiliation(s) 1 Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan . 2 Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan . 3 Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan . 4 Narita Junior High School, Tomiya, Japan . 5 St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan . 6 Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo, Japan . ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between the consumption of non-alcoholic beverages (such as non-alcoholic beer, non-alcoholic cocktails, and non-alcoholic wine) and alcohol drinking behavior among Japanese youths. Data from the Japan Youth Risk Behavi...