The World Health Organization acknowledges that lower- and no-alcohol beers have the potential to help achieve NCD and SDG targets for reducing the harmful use of alcohol. In its recent Alcohol Action Plan, the WHO calls on alcohol producers to substitute full strength products in their portfolios with lower- and no-alcohol products, “with the goal of decreasing the overall levels of alcohol consumption in populations and consumer groups.”
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