Drunkorexia
Term for a food and drink disorder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Drunkorexia is a colloquialism for anorexia or bulimia combined with an alcohol use disorder.[1] The term is generally used to denote the utilization of extreme weight control methods to compensate for planned binge drinking.[2] Research on the combination of an eating disorder and binge drinking has primarily focused on college-aged women, though the phenomenon has also been noted among young men. Studies suggest that individuals engage in this combination of self-imposed malnutrition and binge drinking to avoid weight gain from alcohol, to save money for purchasing alcohol,[3] and to facilitate alcohol intoxication.[4]
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