binge drinking

The topic binge drinking is discussed in the following articles:

alcohol consumption

  • TITLE: alcohol consumption
    SECTION: United States


  • TITLE: human nutrition
    SECTION: Pregnancy and lactation
    Heavy alcohol consumption or “binge drinking” during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol syndrome, a condition with irreversible mental and physical retardation. Even lighter social drinking during pregnancy may result in milder damage—growth retardation, behavioral or learning abnormalities, or motor impairments—sometimes described as fetal alcohol effects. Until a...