Youngsters aren't the only ones who have an affinity for consuming a lot of alcohol in a short amount of time ā in other words, harmful drinking. It turns out, the parents and grandparents of millennials know how to binge drink, too.
Adults over age 50 who are healthy, active, sociable and well-off are more at risk for harmful drinking than their peers, according to a study published in the BMJ on Thursday.
A higher income and a higher education level means someone's more likely to drink too much, the study found. People on the young end of the above-50 age group are also more likely to be risky drinkers. Loneliness and depression are not associated. Men who didn't eat healthily and women who are retired were also at higher risk.
[For more of this story, written by Ina Yang, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/he...w-to-binge-drink-too]
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