Drunkorexia: College students are skipping meals and binge drinking to save money and calories, Mizzou study says
A University of Missouri study found that 16 percent of college students aren’t eating but are binge drinking to save money and lose weight in an eating-drinking disorder called “drunkorexia.”
Drunkorexics use the money they don’t spend on food to buy booze. Without food in their bellies, they get drunk faster. And while drinking can pack on pounds, drunkorexics take care of that by vomiting the alcohol to lose the weight.
It’s troubling and a disorder that is three times more likely to affect women than men. As for the health risks, there are many.
