Study Reveals One Fifth Of A Woman's Daily Calories Is In Just TWO Glasses Of Wine

The Royal Society for Public Health in the UK is calling for a law change on labelling to raise awareness about the ‘invisible calories’ in alcohol.

It wants all drinks sold in pubs, bars, restaurants and shops to have labels detailing not only how many units of alcohol they contain but the calorie content as well.

Professor Fiona Sim, chairman of the Royal Society for Public Health, says the trend of serving larger glasses of wine and drinks with a higher alcohol content is hampering efforts to control obesity.

‘Among adults who drink, an estimated 10 per cent of their daily calorie intake comes from alcohol,’ Dr Sim warned.

‘With the insidious increase in the size of wine glasses in bars and restaurants in the past decade, it seems likely that many of us have unwittingly increased the number of “invisible” calories we consume in alcohol. 

Most women, for example, do not realise that two large glasses of wine, containing 370 calories, comprise almost a fifth of their daily recommended energy intake, as well as containing more than the recommended daily limit of alcohol units.’