Food and alcohol disturbance involves restricting, purging, or excessively exercising to compensate for the calories consumed from drinking alcohol, or to enhance intoxication levels. But these compensatory behaviors, colloquially termed “drunkorexia,” have only been investigated in young adult samples—primarily college students—who are presumed to be at risk due to their high episodic drinking rates. Therefore, this study sought preliminary evidence that food and alcohol disturbance occurs in a broader age-range sample of adult drinkers. We recruited 253 participants aged 18 to 76 (M_age = 38.71) from Mechanical Turk. Rates of food and alcohol disturbance (measured by the Compensatory Eating Behaviors in Response to Alcohol Consumption) were high: 64% of the sample endorsed performing at least one compensatory behavior in the past three months. There were no gender differences in overall prevalence, though men were more likely than women to engage in food and alcohol disturbance to enhance intoxication levels. Drinking habits, drinking motivated by conformity, and abnormal eating attitudes were the strongest predictors of food and alcohol disturbance. However, eating attitudes were a stronger predictor of these behaviors in men than women, whilst drinking habits were a stronger predictor of these behaviors in women than men. The high prevalence of food and alcohol disturbance in our broad age-range sample, alongside the far-reaching health consequences of these behaviors, highlights the need for increased awareness in younger, middle, and older adults alike.

食物和酒精扰乱包括限制，净化或过度运动，以补偿饮酒所消耗的卡路里或增加中毒水平。但是，这些补偿性行为，俗称“醉酒症”，仅在年轻成年人样本（主要是大学生）中进行过调查，这些样本被认为由于其较高的发作性饮酒率而处于危险之中。因此，本研究寻求初步证据，证明在更广泛的成人饮酒者年龄范围内的样本中发生了食物和酒精紊乱。我们招募了253名年龄18〜76（参加者中号_年龄 = 38.71），来自Mechanical Turk。食物和酒精干扰的发生率（通过对饮酒做出的代偿性饮食行为来衡量）很高：在过去三个月中，有64％的样本支持至少执行一种代偿行为。总体患病率没有性别差异，尽管男性比女性更有可能从事食物和酒精中毒以增加中毒水平。饮酒习惯，顺应性饮酒和异常饮食态度是食物和酒精紊乱的最强预测因子。但是，饮食习惯比男性更能预测男性的这些行为，而饮酒习惯比男性更能预测女性的这些行为。在我们广泛的年龄段样本中，食物和酒精紊乱的患病率很高，