TODAY (9/12, Pawlowski) reports rising rates of alcohol use among women in the US is prompting concern about drinking habits, with a recent study indicating “rates of binge drinking increased by 17.5 percent among women between 2005 and 2012.” Aaron White, biological psychologist and Senior Scientific Adviser to the Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, said, “Alcohol use is increasing among women in the United States at a time when it’s decreasing among men. … There has been a real shift.” The piece says researchers speculate that with more women “delaying marriage and children, they’re extending their young adulthood – traditionally the risk period for alcohol problems – which can set a pattern of alcohol consumption patterns for years to come.”
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— “Do moms need too much wine? Women’s drinking habits spark concern, “A. Pawlowski, TODAY, September 12, 2018.