Women are skipping their meals to save their calories for alcohol
19 December - 11 minsDoctors in Europe are warning of the rise of drunkorexia - a worrying trend that sees people skip meals to binge on alcohol instead.
But is the concerning phenomenon taking hold here in Ireland and could Christmas be a particularly dangerous time for such a problem to spread?
Newstalk's Sarah Madden reports.
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