Although I don't drink more than once a week, I am guilty of sometimes choosing booze over food. If I know I'm going out for a night of drinking with my friends I'll eat a very light dinner. It's probably not the healthiest choice but the thought of all those extra liquor calories in addition to my normal calorie intake leaves me feeling guilty and uneasy. I've ordered only a side salad for dinner to alleviate the guilt of having a few vodka cocktails on more than a few occasions. According to Daily Mail, I'm not alone:

Growing numbers of young women skip meals to allow them to binge drink without putting on weight, experts have warned.

The phenomenon of "drunkorexia", as it has been called, is most common among university students faced with the conflicting pressures of heavy drinking and staying slim.

Realizing they are going to have to drink to fit in but not wanting to put on any weight, "drunkorexics" will cut back on calories ahead of a night on the town.

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If you don't believe that eating disorders have become a serious problem, an ex fashion model, MamaVISION blogger, wants you to be aware of this growing epidemic. She hopes to take action against the fashion industry and it's unreasonable and unhealthy expectations. Four young models have starved themselves to death in the past year and a half due to the pressures to be stick thin.

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On Saturday – after a long struggle with anorexia – Kirsten Haglund looked curvy, toned and confident as she strutted her way to the Miss America crown.

Afterward, the 19-year-old Broadway hopeful, who belted out "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" for her talent, said she will devote her yearlong reign to raising eating-disorder awareness with the Childrens Miracle Network.

At the height of her illness, anorexia wreaked havoc on her body and threatened her relationships with others, the Farmington Hills, Mich., native told the Associated Press.

"I would feel fatigued walking up six stairs," she said. "I was a completely different person. It's not a pretty sight."

Now, thanks to regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle, Haglund is proud of developing a healthy relationship with food – and her own body.

"You have to have curves, you can't look like a stick-thin model," said the new title-holder, who confirmed that before the competition, she happily ate the chocolates left on her pillow in her Las Vegas hotel suite.

"Yes, oh my gosh, yes," the 5-foot 8-inch blonde (who doesn't disclose her weight to avoid setting standards for scale-obsessed youths) told the AP. "I love chocolate. Chocolates are a girl's best friend."

While Haglund said she wasn't about to "let myself go," she says she doesn't plan on skipping any meals over the year. "I'm going to enjoy my food."

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