am I a binge eater? Most people tend to overeat at meals‚ especially during the holidays‚ and many feel that they eat more than they should‚ but this does not make one a binge eater. Dawn D. Matthews in the Eating Disorders Sourcebook defines binge eating disorder as: A disorder primarily identified by repeated episodes of uncontrolled eating. The overeating or bingeing does not typically stop until the person is uncomfortably full. Unlike anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa‚ however‚ binge eating
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College Binge Drinking Epidemic Throughout the years‚ drinking alcohol in excessive amounts has become somewhat synonymous with the college experience. It has become an expected occurrence for college-aged students to drink and party regularly‚ and overtime has transformed into an accepted social norm of college life. Extreme drinking has been a consistent social problem that has substantially grown on college campuses all around the United States for the past few decades. In fact‚ binge drinking
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Lindsay Chandler LKC5074@psu.edu Home Assignment #1—Health Issue: Binge Eating Disorder When one thinks of prevalent eating disorders in the United States‚ anorexia and bulimia likely first come to mind. A recent study‚ though‚ conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health shows that binge eating disorder is more prevalent than anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Unlike those with bulimia‚ people with binge eating disorder consume large quantities of food without purging. Although the negative
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students are only drinking on weekends to release stress and have fun‚ in the article‚ “Why Colleges Haven’t Stopped Binge Drinking‚” Beth McMurtrie argues that students are actually drinking to get drunk and not for any other reason. McMurtrie also adds that their target of enough drinking is to “black out.” In other words‚ students are binge drinking and does not know when to stop. Binge drinking is drinking multiple drinks in just a few hours to get drunk. This kind of drinking can cause serious health
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Regarding justice in a society‚ both John Rawls and Robert Nozick express differing opinions on the best way to reach this. Both philosophers illustrate what they feel justice to be and offer support for their ideas in their efforts to put forth the best argument. Before being able to decide on which argument is the strongest‚ it is best to understand the ideas each philosopher possesses in order to compare and contrast them. John Rawls argues that the principles of justice that govern the basic
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How do you stop binge drinking on campus? Binge drinking on college campuses affects more than just those that are doing it-teachers‚ parents and the quality of campus life all suffer when the problem gets out of hand. Putting an end to binge drinking is not easy but it is possible with the right initiatives. One way to stop binge drinking is to provide alcohol free activities on campus that discourage students from drinking. Hosting regular movie nights‚ dances and volunteer opportunities
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alcohol-related harm reduction strategies‚ the National Binge Drinking
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bar tab and splitting headache aren’t the only costs of a night of binge drinking. A study published this month by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine reveals that excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States $249 billion in 2010. The journal’s results indicate that: Excessive drinking cost the U.S. $249.0 billion in 2010‚ or about $2.05 per drink. Government paid for $100.7 billion (40.4%) of these costs. Binge drinking accounted for $191.1 billion (76.7%) of costs; underage drinking
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C‚ Mistral W‚ Bengry-Howell A‚ Weale L‚ & Hackley C. (2008). Re-framing ’binge drinking’ as calculated hedonism: empirical evidence from the UK. International Journal of Drug Policy. 19(5)‚ 359-66. Overview: The main aim of this study was to put forward a new meaning to the phrase “binge drinking” when connected to young consumers of alcohol in the UK. The study tries to show the difference between the definitions of binge drinking and calculated hedonism‚ which refers to a process of controlling
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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject Date Binge Drinking: Be the Influence Late Friday evening‚ one of the notorious streets in downtown Adelaide‚ South Australia is bubbling with nightlife. Loud and obviously far from sober crowds of teenagers are venturing from one nightclub to another. One should drive carefully as they jay-walk across the street‚ oblivious to the traffic. “Happy hours” are on; alcohol is cheap‚ in particular different pre-mixed drinks full of artificial sweeteners
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