Drunkorexia - Eating Less to Drink More

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Drunkorexia is a new type of eating disprder where a person will eat smaller meals, or no meals at all, in order to allow for more
alcohol consumption without weight gain, it is a worrying trend that has hit college campuses across the nation.

This disorder as with most eating disorders is most prevalent amongst young women. Self-image is already a prominent part of their everyday lives, and with the added pressures of the binge-drinking lifestyle, young women have become more conscious of where they consume their calories.

Whilst alcoholic beverages such as beer and Spirits contain very little fat, they are extremely high in calories and artificial sugars.

In an article about drunkorexia by the Los Angeles Times, Dr. David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition and professor of medicine at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, said  “women will skip meals and get their caloric allowance in alcoholic drinks,” the fact of the matter is that this method does not truly prevent weight gain.

A campaign titled Drink Aware has focused on this modern eating disorder and the long-term effects that could arise from it including severe liver damage, of course this is not really just an eating disorder but an eating disorder paired with alcoholism.

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