FRHD 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Binge Drinking, Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Menstrual Cycle

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Robin Milhausen

Document Summary

Alcohol is toxic even poisonous at large doses: a drug that modifies body functions, can be addictive. Defining binge drinking: 5 or more drinks at one sitting for med, 4 or more drinks at one sitting for women. More common at beginning of semester, around events. The most serious threat to intellectual, physical, and psychological development. Half of all high school students report drinking at least once a money: 1/3 report binge drinking. Most individuals will drink more between the age of 18 and 21 than any other time period in their lives: within this heavy drinking age group, binge drinking is more common among students than non-students. Binge drinkers are more likely to: engage in unplanned sex, have unprotected sex, be involved with sexual assault, drive after drinking, get into trouble with police, damage property, get hurt of injured, miss classes, have hangovers. U(cid:374)a(cid:271)le to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ate (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:863) effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455: u(cid:374)a(cid:271)le to i(cid:374)terpret (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:863) correctly.