title: "Drunkorexia": exploring the who and why of a disturbing trend in college students' eating and drinking behaviors.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  "Drunkorexia," limiting food intake before alcohol consumption, increases college students' risk for negative alcohol-related health consequences. The current study tested whether (1) women engage in drunkorexia more frequently than men; (2) weight control motivations explain sex differences in drunkorexia; and (3) among women, weight control motivations are a particularly strong predictor of drunkorexia for heavier drinkers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate males and females (N = 63) recruited during fall of 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  PARTICIPANTS self-reported their alcohol consumption, drunkorexia, and weight control motivations online.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings supported hypotheses: weight control motivations explained why women engage in drunkorexia more than men; and the weight control motivation → drunkorexia relation was strongest for heavier- (vs lighter-) drinking women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women have more weight concerns than men, which makes them more likely to engage in drunkorexia. Heavy-drinking women with strong weight control motivations are at greatest risk for drunkorexia. Interventions should help students more safely reconcile pressures to be thin and drink alcohol.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , George Washington University , Washington , DC.
authors.forename: Miriam H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Caroline C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Fitz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000639:trends*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: alcohol; gender; nutrition