Lindsay Chandler LKC5074@psu.edu Home Assignment #1—Health Issue: Binge Eating Disorder When one thinks of prevalent eating disorders in the United States‚ anorexia and bulimia likely first come to mind. A recent study‚ though‚ conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Unlike those with bulimia‚ people with binge eating disorder consume large quantities of food without purging. Although the negative
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students are only drinking on weekends to release stress and have fun‚ in the article‚ “Why Colleges Haven’t Stopped Binge Drinking‚” Beth McMurtrie argues that students are actually drinking to get drunk and not for any other reason. McMurtrie also adds that their target of enough drinking is to “black out.” In other words‚ students are binge drinking and does not know when to stop. Binge drinking is drinking multiple drinks in just a few hours to get drunk. This kind of drinking can cause serious health
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How do you stop binge drinking on campus? Binge drinking on college campuses affects more than just those that are doing it-teachers‚ parents and the quality of campus life all suffer when the problem gets out of hand. Putting an end to binge drinking is not easy but it is possible with the right initiatives. One way to stop binge drinking is to provide alcohol free activities on campus that discourage students from drinking. Hosting regular movie nights‚ dances and volunteer opportunities
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alcohol-related harm reduction strategies‚ the National Binge Drinking
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bar tab and splitting headache aren’t the only costs of a night of binge drinking. A study published this month by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States $249 billion in 2010. The journal’s results indicate that: Excessive drinking cost the U.S. $249.0 billion in 2010‚ or about $2.05 per drink. Government paid for $100.7 billion (40.4%) of these costs. Binge drinking accounted for $191.1 billion (76.7%) of costs; underage drinking
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C‚ Mistral W‚ Bengry-Howell A‚ Weale L‚ & Hackley C. (2008). Re-framing ’binge drinking’ as calculated hedonism: empirical evidence from the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19(5)‚ 359-66. Overview: The main aim of this study was to put forward a new meaning to the phrase “binge drinking” when connected to young consumers of alcohol in the UK. The study tries to show the difference between the definitions of binge drinking and calculated hedonism‚ which refers to a process of controlling
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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject Date Binge Drinking: Be the Influence Late Friday evening‚ one of the notorious streets in downtown Adelaide‚ South Australia is bubbling with nightlife. Loud and obviously far from sober crowds of teenagers are venturing from one nightclub to another. One should drive carefully as they jay-walk across the street‚ oblivious to the traffic. “Happy hours” are on; alcohol is cheap‚ in particular different pre-mixed drinks full of artificial sweeteners
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Biological abnormalities can contribute to binge eating. For example‚ the hypothalamus (the part of the brain that controls appetite) may not be sending correct messages about hunger and fullness. Researchers have also found a genetic mutation that appears to cause food addiction. Finally‚ there is evidence that low levels of the brain chemical serotonin play a role in compulsive eating (Smith). Depression and binge eating are strongly linked. Many binge eaters are either depressed or have been before;
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What Causes Binge Drinking Binge Drinking is an intriguing phenomenon that many college students take part in all across the country. The issue of binge drinking has been a problem on college campuses for decades. Binge drinking has many horrible effects‚ but the problem starts with the causes for it. If the causes could be controlled then the issue would not get out of hand. Many college students give different causes for their drinking problems‚ and experts on the subject have their explanations
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of binge eating behaviors since childhood. She states that during her youth there was contention in the home due to both her weight and eating habits. This was in addition to societal pressures and teasing from her peers during her formative years. The client recalls shame surrounding her eating‚ and an inability to stop. Due to the feelings of shame and guilt stemming from her inability to stop eating‚ the client reports that she ate in private often. Andrea Simpson described her “binge eating”
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