Appendix A: Sample Journal Article Health and Behavioral Consequences of Binge Drinking in College A National Survey of Students at 140 Campuses Henry Wechsler‚ PhD; Andrea Davenport‚ MPH; George Dowdall‚ PhD; Barbara Moeykens‚ MS; Sonia Castillo‚ PhD Objective.—To examine the extent of binge drinking by college students and the ensuing health and behavioral problems that binge drinkers create for themselves and others on their campus. Design.—Self-administered survey mailed to a national
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age limit for drinking is 21. The ever growing underage drinking is becoming more and more popular. Binge drinking if not controlled can also cause alcohol addiction. From a religious stand point‚ drinking is wrong and should not be done. Radley Balko believes the drinking age should be lowered and that there are benefits to it (Kirszner and Mandell 371). There are no benefits to lowering the drinking age despite what Balko may think. In this essay it will be discussed that drinking does not help
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vice president of a beer company in a state that sets the legal drinking age at 21. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to 18. What would you do? A. I would do research and report my findings to my boss. Although it might seem like a good idea to do so -higher sales‚ and therefore higher revenue and profit- lowering the drinking age would be a losing battle. States can lower the drinking age back down to 18 or 19 but the amount of federal highway funds
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in relation to the above behaviours. Binge drinking showed a rise between having no tattoos up until having three with a difference of 8.8%; however‚ a dramatic drop occurred after that which showed that there were 7.6% more individuals without tattoos who engaged in binge drinking when compared to those with four plus tattoos. This could be due to a number of factors‚ including participants in Koch et al.’s study having different ideas of what binge drinking was‚ dishonest responses‚ or other variables
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time‚ the definition of the word binge’ has evolved to mean different things altogether. In the 70s‚ people binge when they go on a "drunken spree." (The American Heritage Dictionary) Today‚ people binge when they overindulge‚ not in alcoholic beverages‚ but in food. Many like to use this word trivially‚ to describe an episode of slight overeating. There are some‚ however‚ who cannot afford to see binging as an insignificant rise in food intake. When they binge‚ these people gorge and find themselves
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In John Verdant’s The Ables vs. the Binges‚ the author thoroughly explores the effects of consumerism on American society. He uses two opposite families with similar economic situations‚ the moneyconscious Ables and the moneyblind Binges‚ to illustrate the harm that can be caused by consumerism. Verdant paints the Ables in a positive light‚ glorifying their lifestyle choices that benefit not only themselves‚ but the community as well. The cookie cutter family stays cautious of money by k
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Client is showing symptoms of suffering from a severe eating disorder which is categorized under the DSM-V as “Binge Eating” 307.51 (F50.8). Under the specific guidelines of the DSM-V‚ “Binge Eating” is defined as eating much more rapidly than normal‚ eating large amounts of food when not feeling psychically hungry‚ eating until feeling uncomfortably full‚ eating alone due to embarrassment of how much one is eating‚ feeling disgusted with oneself‚ depressed and guilty after overeating. Also‚ one
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2. Every day in America‚ another 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011.) II. Central Thesis Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved‚ if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic. III. Body A. Need: Drunk driving occurs everyday‚ and many lives are taken because of one person choice. 1. Every 52 minutes on
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tv show drinking to be fun all the time‚ but they don’t tell you what really happens when you drink all the time. Drinking can be fun‚ but when you start drinking every weekend your health starts going bad. According to MADD almost every 90 seconds a person is involved in a drunk driving accident. The U.S.A’s legal drinking age has caused many people to want to change the drinking age to 18. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would be a bad idea‚ the U.S. has already lowered the drinking age once
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comes to drinking. Establishment of Credibility: According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 7‚000 teenagers under the age of 16 have already had their first sip of alcohol. (Teen alcohol) According to the Century Council 10 million teens from the ages 12-20 admit to consuming alcohol in the past 30 days. 2% of 12 year olds drink‚ 22% of 16 years olds drink‚ and 56% of 20 year olds drink‚ and these percentages are steadily increasing. (Underage drinking statistics) Thesis/ Purpose:
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