Experts recommend alcohol education - for five-year-olds - News

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The final draft of guidance on reducing underage drinking through school-based programmes will not be published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) until next week.

But the Daily Telegraph reported that the body will urge the inclusion of alcohol education in science lessons and as part of the personal, social and health education sessions which children start at the age of five.

Children will be taught about the harmful effects of excessive drinking as well as the idea of safe, moderate drinking, the newspaper reported.

Lessons will also focus on how marketing is used to promote and encourage drinking, and on the social unacceptability of alcohol abuse.

Under the new guidelines, the Telegraph reported, teachers will be encouraged to identify children who are misusing alcohol and offer advice, the Telegraph reported.

One-on-one counselling will be made available for children identified as problem drinkers, though in some cases their parents may not be made aware if the child asks for confidentiality.