drunkorexia

アメリカの大学で"drunkorexia"が問題になっているそうです。

一体、何のことでしょうか？


CLEVELAND, Ohio - More college students are skipping meals or vomiting so they can drink more without gaining weight or get intoxicated more quickly - a practice called "drunkorexia."

More than 80 percent of 1,184 college students surveyed said they had engaged in at least one behavior in the last three months that researchers considered to be related to drunkorexia.

The students, most of them from the University of Houston, had drunk heavily at least once in the past 30 days, Inside Higher Ed reported. Their behaviors included inducing vomiting, consuming laxatives or diuretics, or not eating anything before drinking.
(Karen Farkas. 'Drunkorexia' increasing on college campuses, study says. Cleveland.com. July 5, 2016.)


"drunkorexia"というのは恐らく、"drunk"（酔っ払った）と"anorexia"（拒食）を組み合わせたものと思われます。

アルコールを飲むために、また過度の酩酊状態を引き起こすためにわざと食事を摂らなかったり、食べたものを吐いたりする行為に及ぶことを指しているようです。