The highest instances of binge drinking are among women aged 16 to 24 Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesGirls and young women have emerged as the biggest binge drinkers even though rates of alcohol consumption are falling, new figures showed yesterday. More women than men aged 16-24 now admit to going on regular drinking sprees - and the gap between genders is now the biggest since current research began. An expert in alcohol misuse attributed the rise to the drinks industry targeting younger career women with more money to spend. He said the women were risking liver and heart disease as well as cancer. Figures published by the Office for National Statistics showed that 40.5 per cent of young women admitted binge drinking in the past week, up three points on the previous year, while the proportion of men who did so fell…

Source: The Times May 03, 2017 23:02 UTC