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The article is misleading. You don't need to drink 74 drinks per week to be in the top 10 percentile. 74 drinks is the average of all those in the top 10 percen
by pesenti 12y ago
The article is misleading. You don't need to drink 74 drinks per week to be in the top 10 percentile. 74 drinks is the average of all those in the top 10 percentile and not the lower boundary.
- nirmel 12y agoI don't think it says that. The author points out that upon entering the top 10 percentile, "you'd still be below-average among those top 10 percenters." PS. Send my regards to Watson!
- pesenti 12y agoThe article says: "But in order to break into the top 10 percent of American drinkers, you would need to drink more than two bottles of wine with every dinner." And according to Watson that's 10 drinks ;-) (http://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/default_wine.asp http://www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/default_wine.asp)
- rco8786 12y agoRight. so two bottles of wine is 70 per week. and you would need to drink MORE than that(let's say, by about 40% of a bottle/week) to crack the top 10 :)
- pesenti 12y agoNo that's wrong. If 74/week is the average for the top 10 percentile, most likely half of that, a bottle a day, gets you in the top 10.