Which conclusion is correct regarding a person who consumes 14 standard drinks on one day and zero the rest of a 7-day week?

• A. This pattern automatically qualifies as non-problematic social drinking since weekly totals matter more than daily patterns in most guidelines.
• B. This pattern meets moderate guidelines because the seven-day average equals two drinks per day for a male, which is the metric used by nutrition guidance.
• C. This pattern does not meet dietary-guideline definitions of moderate consumption because the guideline is an upper daily limit (up to two drinks/day for males, up to one/day for females), not a weekly average; consuming 14 drinks in a single day exceeds the daily limit.
• D. This pattern is acceptable for females because weekend-only drinking is explicitly allowed in the guidelines.

Answer: (C)