Fewer U.S. Teens Are Boozing It Up [ConsumerHealthDay.com]

Samantha Sangenito 5/22/171:22 PM

American teens are hitting the bottle less often than they did 25 years ago, new research reveals.

The analysis found that while 5 percent of 13-year-olds frequently binge drank between 1991 and 1998, only 2.6 percent were doing so in 2015.

Among 18-year-olds, that number fell from 20 percent to less than 15 percent in the same time frame.

"Frequent binge drinking" was defined as knocking back five or more drinks in a row, on two or more separate occasions, over the span of two weeks.

And while rates are down overall, study author Joy Bohyun Jang said the trend isn't benefiting all teens equally.

[For more of this story, written by Alan Mozes, go to https://consumer.healthday.com...ng-it-up-722908.html]

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