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Canadian drinkers get 10% of their daily calories from alcohol, study finds

The average Canadian alcohol drinker gets more than 10 per cent of their daily calories from booze, according to a new study out of the University of Victoria, leaving some people wanting to know exactly what they’re consuming.

Adam Sherk, the post-doctoral fellow at the university’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) who led the study, has dedicated a lot of his time to studying alcohol.

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