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…preoccupied with their body weight and food. The two major kinds of eating disorders anorexia and bulimia. Bulimics feel as though they can not control the amount of food they eat leading to binging and then either purging or self-induced vomiting. Anorexics…

…to almost life altering decisions. Anorexia nervosa is the refusal to eat despite normal appetite because of the overwhelming fear of being overweight or actually being overweight (Fadem 123). Bulimia nervosa is, in short terms, binge eating (Fadem 122). Both…

…where binge drinking and alcohol abuse have become a problem. Banning drinking for young people makes it a badge of adulthood and emdash; a tantalizing forbidden fruit. In order to get a drink, teenagers will carry fake I.D.s or sneak drinks from…

…, in 1998, 44% of US college students are binge drinkers—a male binge drinker is one who consumes 5 or more beers in one sitting. A female binge drinker consumes 4 or more beers. Of those colleges polled, 2/3 were more than 50% ***Student Health reports that 54…

…A Tantalizing Forbidden Fruit On May 29, 1995 Newsweek published a profound article that dealt with the topic of teens, binge drinking and alcohol abuse. The article was written by Elizabeth M. Whelen, the president of the American Council…

…. Statistics show that the number of these crashes was on a decline in 1982 before the minimum purchase act was passed. So instead of implementing drunk driving awareness or binge drinking programs they simply stripped the right to drink from them. The problem…

…, Elizabeth M. Whelan discusses the current state of affairs relating to alcohol and minors in this country. "Prohibiting the sale of liquor to responsible young adults creates an atmosphere where binge drinking and alcohol abuse become a problem." (Whelan 169…

…small amounts of alcohol daily, either alone or with the family at home. The other style of drinking was the communal binge, a form of public drinking to intoxication, and practically any gathering of three or more men provided an occasion for drinking…

…with this love for drinking is simple; most college students are not old enough to legally drink yet, so they do not understand how to drink in moderation. This results in binge drinking and they end up causing extreme harm to their young bodies. Although the Minimum…

…that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating). Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in (5). 5. Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior. 6…