Research Finds Girls May Be More Likely To Try Alcohol Before Boys

HealthDay (4/12, Reinberg) reports that a study recently published in Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research found that teenage girls in the US now try alcohol at a younger age than boys. The research found that among 390,000 young Americans aged 12 to 24, more girls tried alcohol as teenagers than boys. After age 19 however, males consumed more alcohol. But, HealthDay reports, “a 2015 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found adult women are catching up to men when it comes to using and abusing alcohol.”

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— “Teenage Girls Now Try Alcohol Before Boys Do: Study,” Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, April 12, 2016.

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