Binge Drinking in the U.S.,
Researchers from CDC studied data from 400,000 U.S. adults and found 1 in 6 U.S. adults (17%) binge drink more than one time per week. Binge drinking is defined as 5 or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women at one occasion. This accounts for 80,000 annual deaths. Binge drinking is a problem across the lifespan and…
Read MoreEnergy Drink Use and Risk of Alcohol Abuse in Youth
Consuming energy drinks within the past 7 days significantly increased the risk of youth who have ever used alcohol to mix energy drinks and alcohol (27% vs. 7%). In the same national survey, youth 15 to 17 years old who had consumed energy drinks in the past 7 days were more than 2 times as likely…
Read MoreRisky Drinking Bad All-round
Many people think alcohol addiction and motor vehicle accidents are the only problems with alcohol. However, cancer, heart disease, drowning, falls and other causes must be included. An average of 87,798 deaths in the U.S. occur from binge drinking (5 or more drinks on a single occasion). Most of those were due to motor vehicle accidents. Among…
Read MoreSleep is Critical to Scholastic Success
Sleep researchers recently found after clinical depression or tremendous stress, lack of sleep or poor sleep habits are the highest predictors of academic problems. From a sample of 43,000 college students they found that sleep problems, binge drinking and marijuana use equally predicted lower GPA's. Sleep issues were the strongest predictor for a student dropping…
Read MoreOccasional Binge Drinking Raises Death Rates
We hear lots about the so-called benefits of moderate drinking. Yet most studies have not taken into account different patterns of drinking. Researchers found in a 20 year study that even occasional binge drinking among older moderate drinkers resulted in significantly earlier death and erases any health benefit associated with moderate drinking. Binge drinking is often…
Read MoreBinge Drinking: a Serious Problem in Young Women
In 2011, one in five high-school girls and one in eight adult women aged 18-34 years participate in binge drinking more than 3 times per month. This study did not include women living on collage campuses or military bases. Binge drinking is a major risk factor for many social and health problems in women including sexually…
Read MoreDoes Parent-monitored Drinking Help Adolescents?
A study of 449 college-bound female high school seniors who were not allowed by their parents to drink alcohol at all engaged in less binge drinking while in college compared to those who were allowed to drink at home with friends. The authors suggest that parental drinking permissiviveness and later binge drinking is heavily influenced…
Read MoreParental Approval of Drinking Increases Teen Alcohol Use
Dutch researchers examined whether parent-monitored drinking as well as drinking with best friends slowed the usual increase in alcohol consumption and binge drinking patterns in adolescents as they grew older. The authors conclude, “Our findings suggest that parents who do not want their children to develop heavy drinking patterns later on should prohibit alcohol use of…
Read MoreDon’t Mix Alcohol and Energy Drinks
The common practice among youth and young adults of mixing energy drinks with alcoholic beverages increases the risk of binge drinking by 300 per cent. It also doubles the risk of being taken advantage of sexually, of taking sexual advantage of someone else, and doubles the likelihood of riding with a driver under the influence.PositiveTip:…
Read MoreBinge Drinking Not Good for the Heart
Last year we asked the question: could it be that those who benefit from moderate drinking really benefit from a personality trait that keeps them moderate in all of life?A new European study has confirmed that the cardiovascular risks associated with binge drinking are not equivalent to drinking the same amount of alcohol over a week's…
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