CDC-TV has released a new online video that explores the health risks of binge drinking and discusses effective community strategies to prevent it.
BINGE DRINKING is defined as the consumption of four or more alcoholic drinks per occasion for a woman or five or more drinks per occasion for a man at least once during the previous 30 days. CDC-TV’s new online video entitled, BINGE DRINKING, examines the dangers posed to Americans of all ages by this risky pattern of alcohol consumption.
As part of CDC-TV's Health Matters Series, the online video features experts such as Dr. Robert Brewer, the Alcohol Program Leader in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at CDC, and Dr. David Jernigan, Associate Professor and Director, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who debunk common myths about binge drinking including the belief that binge drinking is only a problem among youth, as well as discuss effective community-based prevention strategies.
Emphasizing the dangers associated with BINGE DRINKING, Dr. Brewer notes that "Binge drinking is associated with over half of the 79 thousand alcohol-attributable deaths in the United States each year," while Dr. Jernigan adds, "We estimate that there are approximately 1.5 billion episodes of binge drinking . . . each year."
The BINGE DRINKING video underscores how this behavior is a problem for individuals and society, as well as offers effective community-based strategies such as increasing alcohol excise taxes to prevent it.
New "Health Matters" features are released at CDC-TV each month. The videos are produced in collaboration with CDC subject matter experts and are designed to provide insights into important health issues, information about CDC research and programs, and ways viewers can address the issues. Each feature includes links to related resources, so that users can find more information.
Providing short, high-quality videos is part of CDC's goal to increase people's access to the information necessary to help prevent illness, injury and to protect their health and that of their families. Collectively, these and other resources contribute to CDC's efforts supporting a larger effort by staff and partners to lead America toward becoming the healthiest nation. For more information, please visit www.cdc.gov/CDCTV
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