Sentences with phrase «of binge drinkers»

In the multivariate analysis, average temperature and sunshine hours remained independently associated with the burden of alcohol - attributable liver cirrhosis or AAF after adjusting for the percentage of binge drinkers among active drinkers and alcohol consumption (p < 0.05).

Greg Hands compares Gordon Brown's attitude to public spending with the behaviour of a binge drinker

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In addition to hampering academic excellence, binge drinking also inhibits ethical development by focusing heavy drinkers inwards, on private self - indulgence, rather than outwards to service of others.

The government is targeting binge drinkers between the ages of 18 and 24 with a hard - hitting series of adverts designed to show the dangers of over-drinking on a night out.

The proposals have come under fierce criticism from drinks companies, who argue it would punish responsible drinkers and that problems of binge drinking are societal, not related to the price of alcohol.

This will include media favourites the 18 to 24 - year - old binge drinkers and underage drinkers, but also warn older people about the dangers of drinking too much at home.

I am concerned that it will penalise responsible drinkers but not tackle the problems of binge drinking.

Binge drinkers must have had at least two episodes of heavy drinking in one sitting in the last month.

A biomarker found in the blood of alcohol users is significantly higher in binge drinkers than in those who consume alcohol moderately, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

«Young binge drinkers show altered brain activity: Scientists have found distinctive changes in brain activity in binge - drinking college students, which may be an early marker of brain damage.»

Of these, around one in seven were classified as binge drinkers — 4 or more glasses at any one time.

About 17 percent of both Native Americans and whites were found to be binge drinkers, and about 8 percent of both groups were heavy drinkers.

«Effects of alcohol in young binge drinkers predicts future alcoholism.»

To help understand the development of ALD, this study used a rodent model to examine differences in liver damage between binge drinkers and heavy drinkers.

As part of a long - term study, King and her team carefully screened and studied heavy social drinkers who reported a pattern of binge drinking behavior as young adults — at least four (for women) or five (for men) drinks per occasion, between one and five times per week.

«We found that the blood pressure of young adults aged 20 to 24 who binge drink was 2 to 4 millimetres of mercury higher than non-binge drinkers,» says Jennifer O'Loughlin, senior author of a study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

While I have never been a big drinker (terrible acid reflux), I am pretty easy - going and conscious of the fact that many consider binge drinking a rite of passage in college.

While Cully (Chris Pratt), a binge drinker who doesn't realize that aggressively trying to apologize to people for being an «asshole» in high school only makes him a bigger one, and his wife Sam (Ari Graynor), who is rightly resentful of her husband's behavior, are fleshed out just enough, other characters — like Garrity (Brian Geraghty), who has to convince his wife (Aubrey Plaza) that his hip - hop lifestyle as a teenager don't define him now, and Scott (Scott Porter), who lives in Japan and has no other discernible traits — are little more than background dressing.

«I was a binge drinker; I drank when I traveled,» he said with a bit of a surfer - dude drawl and some expletives for emphasis.

I've known several people who claim that law students are some of the heaviest binge drinkers they knew back in college / university.

Furthermore, consider the fact that 18 % of all college - age drivers report driving under the influence at some point in time, while just over 37 % of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 were reported to be binge drinkers, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, the most frequent binge drinkers are adults older than 65 years (CDC, 2012) and middle - aged and older adults have relatively high rates of at - risk and problem drinking (Blazer & Wu, 2009).