Study: More Harmful Incidents A Child Suffers, The More Likely Health Suffers Later

 US Health Officials Link Childhood Trauma To Adult Illness by Mike Stobbe.  AP.  November 5, 2019.

Blackout Drinking Is A Type Of Amnesia

Blackout Drinking, Explained For Brett Kavanaugh by julia Belluz.  Vox.  October 3, 2018. 

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US

Male And Female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike In The US.  National Institutes Of Health.  November 23, 2015. 

Binge Drinking Costs The U.S. $249 Billion In 2010

Excessive Drinking Is Draining America's Economy By Ashley Welch.  CBS News.  October 16 2015

While There Are Still Approximately 9 Million Underage Drinkers, Underaged Drinking Dropped 21%

Underage Drinking, Binge Boozing By Minors Is On The Decline by Tyler Pager.  USA Today.  June 11, 2015. 

Women Are Driving The Overall Increase In Heavy Drinking; Women's Bing Drinking Increased 36 Percent Between 2002 and 2012

Americans Are Drinking More Heavily , Especially Women by Barbara Feder Ostrov.  Kaiser Health News.  April 23, 2015. 

Trending Health Habits

Bad Health Habits On the Rise  by Mark Fischetti.  Scientific American.  October 2012

Key Ideas/Summary.  A graphic presentation of trends in health behaviors including heavy drinking, binge drinking, tobacco use,  obesity, and exercise.  We learn for example that Georgia got significantly worse from 1995-2010 in obesity but also got significantly better in exercise.  Getting on the trend mill and rewarding yourself with a Diary Queen Blizzard.