Lesson 29: Alcohol and You - Slide 30
Women Who Drink
- The percentage of women who drink has increased from 45 to 66% over the past 40 years
- As many as 5% of women are heavy drinkers
- Women’s bodies are generally smaller and have a larger % of fat which causes them to develop a higher blood alcohol concentration than men
after drinking similar
amounts of alcohol
Notes:
Pg. 50-51, “Buzzed, The Straight Facts About The Most Used And Abused Drugs From Alcohol To Ecstasy, Second Edition” Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D., Scott Swartzwelder,Ph.D. and Wilkie Wilson, Ph.D., W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2003
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