Respect Is Beautiful

Have you heard of drunkorexia? It is becoming pretty rampant across college campuses, among not just women but men as well.

What is “drunkorexia”? It is when people deliberately restrict eating a lot of food during the day when they know they will be drinking a lot later on at night. Girls tend to do this so that they can drink more of their calories and not feel the guilt, while other reasons would also be that they get drunk more quickly off of less alcohol.

This behavior can lead to a slew of issues later in life. According to Science News Daily,

“People who participate in disordered eating combined with binge drinking are also more at risk for violence, risky sexual behavior, alcohol poisoning, substance abuse and chronic diseases later in life. Osborne says women are at higher risk for health problems related to binge drinking because they metabolize alcohol differently than men. This means women can get sick faster and suffer damage to vital organs sooner than men might.”*

Have you done this or seen this among friends?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017171506.htm