Background: Increasing alcohol consumption by adolescents is a major public health problem. One reason for this is that young people want to solve their difficulties by using alcohol. Therefore, an important aim of the current study is to analyze selected nutrition-related health behaviors which are taken before the planned consumption of alcoholic beverages among young people. Material/Methods:The study group consisted of 77 adolescents from secondary school. The research tool consisted of two parts. The first one analyzed the frequency of selected alcohol consumption, the second -nutritionrelated behaviors in adolescents before the planned consumption of alcoholic beverages. Results:The study showed that about 78% of the respondents ₋ regardless of gender ₋ had consumed beer in the past 12 months. The use of restrictive diets was more important for women than for men. However, restrictions on food consumption were very similar in both analyzed groups.Conclusions: Behaviors associated with restrictive diets before the planned consumption of alcohol are the same for both women and men. These behaviors may contribute to the development of eating disorders among adolescents.

authors' contribution wkład autorów: a. Study design/planning zaplanowanie badań B. Data collection/entry zebranie danych c. Data analysis/statistics dane-analiza i statystyki D. Data interpretation interpretacja danych E. Preparation of manuscript przygotowanie artykułu F. literature analysis/search wyszukiwanie i analiza literatury G. Funds collection zebranie funduszy Summary Background. Health can be perceived as a set of individual determinants that enable a person to develop in various areas. Some people view their health subjectively to realise their owns goals. the following study aims to investigate health-and eating-related behaviours in young people with regard to selected alcoholic beverages. Material and methods. the group of people involved in the study consisted of 77 teenagers from a high school aged 17 to 18 years. the mean age of the entire group was 17.1 years (SD = 0.8 years). as for gender, the sample was dominated by women, who accounted for 58.4% (n = 45) of all the respondents, while men − 41.6% (n = 32). Results. when asked about the significance of good health and proper nutrition for teens, a large number of the girls participating in this survey, i.e. 51.9%, declared that health was important to them, whereas 29.9% claimed that it was very important. Furthermore, the teenagers involved in the study often claimed that they eat healthily (rho = 0.42; p <0.01) and 40.3% perceived their diet as healthy. only 2.6% of the respondents viewed their diet as improper. Conclusions. Particular attention should be paid to building a sense of personal responsibility for health in young people. Health promotion programmes targeting young people should be aimed at developing their personality features which are indirectly associated with increasing awareness and responsibility for their own health, encouraging the individual to make right choices with regard to food products, including the type and quantity of beverages available on the market.