Article 6T8JC UK teenage girls outdrink boys by widest margin in Europe, study finds

UK teenage girls outdrink boys by widest margin in Europe, study finds

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More than a third of 15-year-old girls and less than a quarter of boys in UK say they repeatedly get drunk, OECD says

Teenage girls are outdrinking their male peers in the UK at a greater rate than in any other European country, according to research.

More than a third of 15-year-old girls in the UK report getting repeatedly drunk, compared with less than a quarter of boys the same age, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found.

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