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Last orders on the big drink debate
The Big Drink Debate (www.bigdrinkdebate.com) is the first campaign from Our Life, a region-wide programme which aims to tackle and address health issues in the North West.
It was created to understand the factors which make the North West one of the worst English regions for harmful and hazardous drinking.
More than 25,000 people have joined the Debate since it launched in May and commented about the role that alcohol plays in our lives including:
· How often and how much alcohol we are consuming;
· What we enjoy about alcohol;
· Where we are buying our alcohol from;
· If we are worried about the effects of alcohol on ourselves or our communities;
· What factors might make us drink more or less.
Our Life has joined forces with Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds 4 exhibition at MOSI, the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester to offer 2 for 1 entry to people who present the completed questionnaire at the box office on Thursday 14th August 10am – 9pm.
Body Worlds is the perfect backdrop for the debate as it shows dramatic illustrations of the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption including liver specimens showing fatty deposits, and cirrhosis of the liver.
Dr Alison Giles, director of the Our Life programme, said: “Visitors to the Body Worlds exhibition have the opportunity to see the effects that certain life style choices can have on our bodies and what damage excessive alcohol consumption can do.
"We hope the Big Drink Debate is the first step in bringing about a real change in people’s attitudes towards their health and well-being – so we want as many people as possible to share their thoughts and opinions on alcohol.”
Peter Clenshaw, exhibition director, Body Worlds said: “The striking comparison with the healthy and diseased livers has moved visitors at Body Worlds to leave comments vowing to cut down on the amount of alcohol they drink. Body Worlds is only here in Manchester until the 17th August and we hope that as many people as possible will take the opportunity to view the exhibition and hopefully leave with a new found respect for their bodies.”
To have your say on the North West’s biggest ever survey on alcohol log onto www.bigdrinkdebate.com now.
For more information about Body Worlds exhibitions, please visit: