‘Drinkorexics’ losing weight by replacing food with glass of wine

Labels that display the calorie content of wine and spirits are encouraging women with eating disorders to cut back even more radically on food in what experts are calling “drinkorexia”. The disorder is causing particular concern because sufferers are swapping food calories for alcohol, which has no nutritional value. It also means drinking is taking place with an empty stomach, maximising alcohol’s effects. Adrienne Key, consultant psychiatrist and lead clinician for eating disorders at the Priory Hospital in Britain, said while ¬advertising calorie content was beneficial for most of the population, it was potentially harmful for those with eating problems.

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