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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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- ^ Knight, Alissa (2013-11-14). "Drunkorexia: an empirical investigation of disordered eating in direct response to saving calories for alcohol use amongst Australian female university students". Journal of Eating Disorders. 1 (Suppl 1): P6. doi:10.1186/2050-2974-1-S1-P6. PMC 3981584.
- ^ Osborne, V. A.; Sher, K. J.; Winograd, R. P. (2011). "Disordered eating patterns and alcohol misuse in college students: Evidence for "drunkorexia"?". Comprehensive Psychiatry. 52 (6): e12. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.04.038.
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