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A NEW STUDY carried out by scientists in the University of Bristol has found that the shape and markings of a glass could influence the speed that a person drinks at.
This was discovered by testing and comparing glasses with measurements marked onto them and glasses of different shapes.
Speaking about the findings, PhD student David Troy, said, “excessive alcohol use is a major public health concern and there is a lot of interest in alcohol control strategies.
It is important to determine what environmental factors are contributing to excessive use and how they can be altered to nudge drinkers towards more responsible consumption.
How did the study work?
The study saw 80 male and 80 female subjects split into two random groups. The individuals involved were social drinkers with no history of alcohol abuse.
One group was given beer in glasses with measures marked on them in quarterly intervals.
The other group was given glasses with no measures marked onto them.
When results for individuals with abnormally slow drinking times were remove from the study, it was found that the group with the unmarked glasses finished their drinks almost a minute faster than the group with the marked glasses.
Straight or curved?
In a separate study, the impact of straight and curved pint and half-pint glasses was looked at.
Trying to recreate a ‘real world’ environment, the study was carried out in three different pubs over two weekends.
It was found that the pubs that use straight-sided glasses reported lower takings in comparison with pubs that used curved pint glasses – a finding that was consistent with previous laboratory findings.
The research into glass shapes was funded by Alcohol Research UK.
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This reads like a press release.
Wouldn’t be gone on the shopping centre there’s better shops in the retail parks surrounding it
Blackstone. That sounds familiar. Are they the same Blackstone who mercilessly hound people who get behind on the credit card payments? Perhaps after they spend too much in retail establishments?
@Neal Ireland Hello.: Athens end of the day if you can’t afford to pay it back, don’t get the credit card
@Neil yes it’s always someone else’s fault for getting into debt never their own doing
110 shoplifting day till Christmas.
@Pat Troy: So you’re counting down the days until you can go shoplifting? Okaaaay.
@Gary: read it again idiot.
I live right beside the center. It’s a bit Looney traffic wise on busy days alright but tons of parking etc. Great news that there may be up to 6000 jobs ! There is a new bridge approved and being built soon which will overhaul the traffic flows on the M3 approach so that’s a good thing for both local business and the center ! Welcome to B-Town !
Maybe they’ll finally put in a few toilets
@JohnBeeRyan: theres pretty large toilets on both levels in the main centre ? I presume you mean more toilets ?? , id prefer they spend a few quid on the approach roads entry / exit they are way too bottlenecked and coming and going can be a shambles if its at all busy.
@Dave Hammond: too bottlenecked? As in the is a such thing as a right amount of bottlenecked?
Awful news, this will be a serious threat to the smaller shopping centres in the region.
@alphanautica: hmm I fail to see how adding more retail and jobs to the general area is awful news , the centre attracts massive amount of people from many surrounding counties into the area , it is far better to see retail being expanded than migrating online which is a far bigger commercial threat to the other shopping centres you mention.
@alphanautica: its great news! Jobs will be created, there will be more choice for shoppers and the smaller centres will need to up their standards fo stay relevant.. long overdue! Roselawn Shopping Centre, for example, is atrocious!
@alphanautica: which shopping centres specifiically?
More traffic from lunatic shoppers as if it wasnt already bad enough…roll on next recession
This is not a good news story, yes the construction jobs is great of course but the retail jobs will just be taking from other locations be that locally or city centre. There is a finite amount of money to go around all these retail units. The planners need to look at this effect it happened in Naas they build a centre outside the town and the life is sucked out of the town itself now just lots of empty units.
There shouldn’t be any expansion allowed at blanch until the approach and exit ways from the town centre are updated and improved. Extra Parking needs to be looked at in a big way also. Every bank holiday weekend, christmas, new year sales, etc etc. Security staff block cars leaving giving priority to cars entering. In effect this means cars have to circle for half an hour or so to find a parking space. The whole surrounding area becomes one big parking lot. Nothing moves. I lived next door for 10 years so I know all about it. Only in Ireland would this be allowed. But Hey lets build more shops and outlets to satisfy some developers greed who also happens to give a few political donations. Don’t mind about the serfs. Don’t put in any pre-conditions that just might make things work better or might also affect their bottom line. We can’t have that. Politicians just make plenty of big empty promises come each election and once they’re in, they’re untouchable for 5 years and the pensions guaranteed, so business as usual. Meanwhile Leo employs a high profile PR firm to do the window dressing.
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