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16/04/2012
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The consumption of alcohol is more common among women
Three out of four high school students under 18 have consumed alcohol, according to research at the Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu (FMB), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), released on Friday. Of the 1,507 students from public schools and private ears in the study, 40% said they had used alcohol within the past 12 months. Among elementary school students (7-14 years) 38.8% have tried alcohol and 8.5% did so in recent years.
The survey, implemented in schools in Botucatu, 235 kilometers from Sao Paulo, indicates that alcohol has come increasingly early in the life of their users, according to researcher Priscilla Lopes Pereira, who led the study. Another finding of this research is that alcohol use has been more common among women, which increases the risk behavior among adolescents, for example, unprotected sex and drug addiction.
"Young people are at a higher risk in relation to alcohol consumption, with negative consequences such as problems in school, social problems, practice of unprotected sex, unwanted pregnancy, increased risk of suicide or homicide and accidents," he said.
Intoxication
The propensity of "drinking with drunkenness," the study said, is also in the group of female students. The researcher defines as drinking with drunkenness consumption less than five drinks on one occasion for men and women for four doses. In this case, the dose equivalent to 50 ml of distillate with an alcohol content of 40%, 350 ml of beer (alcoholic 4-5%) and 150 ml of wine of 12.5% ethanol.
Belonging to the highest social class, public school and have no religious practice are factors that make early contact with alcohol, according to research. To the author's work, the influence of friends who drink and get drunk once a week is a crucial stimulus for the young. "The pattern of consumption by gender has been the subject of debate in studies involving the epidemiology of alcoholism.
The women's achievements in recent decades, in addition to financial independence, led the teenagers to have more freedom and attend local consumption previously restricted to men, "said Priscilla. Studies indicate it says that women who consume alcohol develop faster than men serious diseases like fatty liver, hypertension, anemia, malnutrition, gastrointestinal bleeding and peptic ulcer.
Source: The Day on Line
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