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Lloyd-Richardson, Elizabeth. "The relationship between alcohol use, eating habits and weight change in college freshmen." Eating Behaviors 9.4 (2008): 504-8. Ohio Link. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.\n\nA group of reasearchers preformed a study that aimed to improve understanding of how alcohol consumption in college freshmen affects eating patterns before, during, and after drinking, as well as its relation to body weight change. They used \ntwo hundred eighty-two college freshmen (61% female; 59% Caucasian) completed measures of alcohol use, measured body mass index (BMI), and eating and activity habits before, during and following drinking episodes. Students were categorized by drinking status (non-drinker, low-risk, and moderate/high-risk) in order to explore group differences. There results were that moderate risk drinkers were more likely than low-risk drinkers to report increases in appetite after drinking, with nearly half of students reporting overeating and making unhealthy food choices following drinking. Moderate-risk drinkers also demonstrated significant increases in 1st semester BMI change, relative to non-drinkers and low-risk drinkers.\n\n\n\n

the article discusses the laws that deal with the consumption of alcoholic drinks in the U.S.. It looks at the phenomenon of underage drinking. It talks about how lowering the drinking age would reduce the risk of binge drinking in colleges. MAIN, CARLA T. "Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age." Policy Review 155 (2009): 33-46. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

Austin, Enca Weintraub, Meng-Jin Chen, and Joel W. Grube. "How Does Alcohol Advertising Influence Underage Drinking? The Role of Desirability, Identification, and Skepticism." jahonline.org. Journal of Adolescent Health. 30 aug. 2005. Wed. 16 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how media can be persuasive towards young adults. Media for alcohol can led to the wrong idea for theses teens. Media effects teens beliefs of alcohol by making drinking look desired. Teens are also more likely to copy their favorite or a cool character who is drinking alcohol. Media does affect the decision making process for children and teens.

Talks about the major risk and protective factors are being identified and integrated into screening, prevention, and treatment programs to optimize interventions designed to reduce drinking problems among adolescents and young adults. It then goes in to how the different strategies used to combat underage drinking and whether or not they are effective. Windle, Michael, and Robert A. Zucker. "Reducing Underage and Young Adult Drinking: How to Address Critical Drinking Problems During This Developmental Period." Alcohol Research & Health 33.1/2 (2010): 29-44. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

Collins, Rebecca L. Ph.D., ect al. "Early Adolescent Exposure to Alcohol and its Relationship to Underage Drinking." jahonline.org. Journal od Adolescent Health. 13 Apr. 2007. Web. 16 Nov 2010. This is an article about a a study done on exposure to alcohol and its effects on teens. It is linked to many dangers including drunk driving, sexually transmitted diseases, suicide, and disabilities. With the amount of advertisements for alcohol through television, magazines, radio, and many others teens are being influenced to drink.

American Medical Association. "Harmful Consequences of Alcohol Use on the Brains of Children, Adolescents, and College Students." American Medical Association. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. This article by the American Medical Association talks about how television exposure has harmful effects on children and adolescents, when it comes to underage drinking. The exposure of young children, adolescents, and college students to television that had alcohol in it increases the chances of underage drinking. The damaging effects on the brains of alcohol on this age groups brains can be permanent. Television ads make drinking alcohol seem like the normal thing to do so they think its okay to do. These alcohol companies have mascots, other characters, and even slogans geared toward people who are underage.

Pheifer, Todd. "The Effect of Alcohol Consumption by College Students on their Study Habits ." Helium.com. DMCA, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2010 This article explains what happens to a student's study habits when they drink. It discusses how although a student usually isn't drinking while doing their school work, the hangovers that occur after drinking cause alot of the problems. It also touches about the effects alcohol has on a college student's health, for example drinking causes weight gain. The final topic the article discusses is how alcohol creates a major distraction and causes students to focus less on school.

van Hoof, Jons, Marleke van Noodenburg, and Menno de Jong. "Happy Hours and Other Alcohol Discounts in Cafés: Prevalence and Effects on Underage Adolescents." Journal of Public Health Policy. Vol 29 Issue 3 (2008): p 340-352, 13p, 3. EbscoHost. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article talks about adolescents attitude and behavior towards the marketing of alcohol. Instead of marketing through television its in everyday life. When alcohol discounts are viewed adolescents are more likely to drink and drink a lot more.

Kilbourne, Jean. "Deadly Persuasion: 7 Myths Alcohol Advertisers Want You to Believe." medialit.org. Center for Media Literacy. n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article is about how the media portrays drinking and how advertisements affect teenagers. There are certain tricks and even hidden messages behind the ads. When the ads are exposed to teenagers they think the message is normal and are more likely to go out and drink just the way they see it being done. Alcohol is such a common item to be advertised and adults who know right from wrong take different messages from the ads than children and teenagers.

Anderson, Peter, et al. "Impact of Alcohol Advertising and Media Exposure on Adolescent Alcohol Use: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies." Alcohol & Alcoholism. Vol. 44 (2009): Issue 3, p. 229-243. EBSCOhost. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article looks into the impact that media has on teens to drink. The study was preformed on adolescents under 18. They concluded that media exposure of alcohol increases the likelihood adolescents will drink.

Singleton Jr., Royce. "Collegiate Alcohol Consumption and Academic Performance." Journal of Studies on Alcohol (2007): n. pag. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article explains the correlation between drinking habits and study habits. It talks about how binge drinking is becoming a more common occurance on college campuses and that the outcomes of such drinking are not good. The article provides several statistics from research conducted that shows us the negative correlation between drinking and studying.

This is a simple web site that list the drinking ages for all the country around the world. when looking at the list the U.S. seams isolated because the rest of the world has different views. the majority allow 18 years to drink. "Minimum Legal Drinking Ages around the World." WWW2 Webserver. Web. 10 Dec. 2010. .

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). "College Drinking-Changing the Culture." College Drinking Prevention.gov. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 11 July. 2007. Web. 15 Nov. 2010 This article explains the damaging effects alcohol has on a person's liver, heart, stomach, and brain. It talks about how drinking heavily over the years causes irreversible damage to these vital organs. This article breaks the body down and specifically covers each organ that is affected by heavy alcohol use.

Talks about how police officers raided underage teens who were drinking illegally at a party in Naperville, Illinois. The police issued a citation to all the underage drinkers. they also cited Garrison Wood for being at a party where there was underage drinking. It then goes into another case where a girl got in trouble for driving home her two friends who were drinking. Party Off?." Current Events 104.2 (2004): 3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010.

This article describes how movies and commercials including alcohol impact adolescents to drink. The study was to expose some people to the media and compare the results to the people not exposed. On average those teens exposed drank more alcohol than those not exposed.

Ellickson, Phyllis L., et. al. "Does alcohol advertising promote adolescent drinking? Results from a longitudinal assessment." Addiction. Vol. 100 (2005): Issue 2, p. 235 - 246. EBSCOhost. Web. 22 Nov. 2010. This article looked at the relationship between adolescents and alcohol advertisements. There are many forms of alcohol advertising including at sporting events and on television. The advertisements affected the different age groups of teens different. Alcohol advertisement has an impact on the development of adolescents.

Wechsler, Henry, Meichun Kuo. "Environmental Correlates of Underage Alcohol Use and Related Problems of College Students." America Journal of Preventive Medicine 19.1 (2000): 24-29. OhioLink. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. This article explains the immediate and longterm effects underage drinking has upon our youth. It tells how underage students drink less often but consume more drinks per occasion. The article also explains how underage drinkers usually don't have to pay as much for drinks and therefore are able to consume more.

Pheonix House."Facts On Tap." factsontap.org. MetLife Foundation, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2010 This article provides a number of "sobering statistics" that show the negative outcomes of drinking. Drinking myths and peer pressure are both explained and discussed. The amount of money a college students spends on alcohol is also shown. This is an informational and awareness website for college students and their parents.

College men report that they want women to drink less. I suggest that, if this article is of interest to you, you seek out the original study from Loyola Marymount University.

Kuther, Tara L., Alexandra Timoshin. "A Comparison of Social Cognitive and Psychosocial Predictors of Alcohol Use by College Students." Journal of College Student Development 44.2 (2003): 143-154. OhioLink. Web. 13 Nov. 2010. This article explains the amount of college students who drink alcohol and the effects it has upon them. It talks about what college students think the positive and negatives of drinking are.Their attitudes towards alcohol are examined and outcomes of continuous drinking are revealed.