Health experts warn about drinking trend "drunkorexia"
study has found 43% of men and 35% of women in the UK have admitted to skipping a meal to binge drink
Health experts are warning about the dangers of a new craze called "drunkorexia".
A study's found some of us are skipping meals to binge drink in a bid to stay slim.
The term was first coined in Australia, where young men and women are skipping meals in favour of binge-drinking, and its claimed it is now prolific on UK soil.
It is believed pressure to be slim, an awareness of exercising calorie control, and peer pressure to drink large amounts of alcohol are all factors in this phenomenon as, when asked, two in five (41%) of 18-24 year olds said they ate healthily purely with a view to looking good, without any concern for their overall health.
A report, compiled by mutual health and wellbeing provider Benenden, questioned the UK public on a number of topics ranging from living a healthy lifestyle to how the NHS is run.
By and large, the findings highlight that the public is in denial about how much they think they know about healthy eating, with the vast majority of respondents failing to choose the right answer to simple diet-related questions, or the healthier option when offered the choice between everyday food and drinks.
Despite the fact that half of us do read back-of-pack labelling, when tested about what the recommended daily limits, or reference intakes (RIs) actually are, these same people could not reliably say what the daily limits are for simple food groups such as fat, sugar and salt. (Amazingly when asked: what’s healthier – a banana or a Curly Wurly? 1 in 10 people chose the Curly Wurly, based purely on the fact that bananas have a slightly sugar content.