Binge drinking is booming — among boomers.
In fact, more than one in 10 Americans ages 65 and older are binge drinkers, according to a New York University study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society on Wednesday, which is defined as having five or more drinks during one occasion in the past month for men, and four or more for women.
“Older adults are especially vulnerable to the harms of alcohol use, especially binge drinking, due to physiological changes of aging and the higher likelihood of having more chronic medical disease and taking more prescribed medications,” lead study author Benjamin Han told MarketWatch. He’s the assistant professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care at NYU Langone Health.
Yet, interestingly enough, older binge drinkers were less likely to have most chronic diseases compared with those who did not binge drink, which the researchers theorized was because some people either cut down on their drinking or stop altogether when they develop an illness or alcohol-related disease.“Clinicians must be aware that some older adults with chronic disease still engage in binge drinking behaviors, which can worsen their health issues.
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