Young women are binge drinking at higher rates - WNKY News 40 Television

Young women are binge drinking at higher rates - WNKY News 40 Television

A new study finds that young women are binge drinking at higher rates than young men. The research, published in JAMA, highlights a big shift- in the past, young men tended to binge drink more. The reasons for the change aren’t clear. But among adults 25 and older, men still binge drink at higher rates than women.

Young women now binge drink more than young men

The shift is raising alarms in the medical community.

The photograph in the Annual Report of the National Alcohol Observatory - Higher Institute of Health. There are 4 million and 130 thousand binge drinkers, 780 thousand “harmful” consumers who need clinical treatment, of which only 8.1% are intercepted by the NHS and are being treated

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Study Finds Young Women 18-25 Now Binge Drink More Than Male Peers - theJasmineBRAND

Study Finds Young Women 18-25 Now Binge Drink More Than Male Peers Young women ages 18 to 25 are now binge drinking more than men their age, reversing past trends, according to a new JAMA study. “That has big implications just for health down the line … [including] the progression to alcohol related liver disease,” said lead author Dr. Bryant Shuey. Binge drinking is defined as four or more drinks for women in one sitting. Using national survey …

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