LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- Doctors are seeing an alarming and disturbing phenomenon involving young women, especially university co-eds. It's called drunkorexia.

Women don't eat all day so they can drink all their calories in alcohol at night.

It's something medical professionals are seeing more and more on college campuses.


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It is also a problem among men. A 20-year-old university students said it started with trying to quicken the time it takes them to get drunk.

Health workers warn drunkorexia is a serious medical condition that can harm the body. It is also often coupled with other psychological disorders.