Researchers have came up with a new term, Drunkorexia, to classify some college students. Drunkorexia is a mix between heavy alcohol consumption and eating disorders. Researchers have surveyed students and found out that 16% of them do not eat so they can save it for drinking. According to this article, a lot of the students participate in drunkorexia in order to prevent weight gain, get intoxicated faster, and to save money to spend on alcohol that would normally be spent on food.
According to Victoria Osbourne, drunkorexia has "..dangerous cognitive, behavioral, and physical consequences." There are also risks that come a long with being involved in drunkorexia. Such as more violence, alcohol poisoning, risky behavior, substance abuse, and long term effects.
Colleges have been including educational classes. Not only on drunkorexia, but also just eating disorders and binge drinking in general.
I believe this seems to be a problem amongst college campuses. Also, now that I have been in college and have experienced the atmosphere, I agree with a lot of the research and statistics they have came up with. I think this research would be easily replicated and probably will not be falsified.
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Drunkorexia?
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