56% Of the college drinking to get drunk in record time.

One of the most remarkable results is the high level of alcohol consumption.

Quantity drink per unit time is greater in women. I.e., although University men consume alcohol more frequently, they do so more intensively in the short term, which the Anglo-Saxons called binge drinking, explains to SINC José Mª Cancela Carral, co-author of the study published by the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

The researchers selected 985 students through a random sampling stratified by qualification and course in the University of Vigo.

51.2% Of the surveyed students are sedentary, while in men the percentage is 41.7%. If you analyze students who maintain a level of appropriate physical activity, 38.6% of the men met it, compared with just 20.9% of women.

Noticed us also the high percentage of non-legal drug that circulates among college students – 44.9% of the males and 30.9 per cent of women – understand that they can trigger major health problems mainly related to the nervous system in the future ”, stresses the investigator.

regarding the abnormal attitudes toward food, presented mainly in women (16.6%), although also a minority percentage of men (8.8%) reflected him. however, performed statistical analysis indicated that this parameter was conditioned by the profile of the degree that was studying students ”, adds gate. Thus, students in the field of education had much higher percentages (19.2%) than students in careers related to health (6,3%).

Network for health

Spanish universities created a Spanish network of healthy universities in 2008, an initiative in favour of health involving universities from throughout Spain, the Conference of Rectors of Spanish universities, the Ministry of health, social services and equality, the Ministry of education, culture and sport and some regional structures of public health.

For the researcher, this network at many universities has been in a mere first step to be in the list and nothing else ”, which should be implemented in transversal content curricula related to food, physical exercise and healthy habits.

In view of the results, it is necessary to create training courses and information in these areas, as well as healthy environments of leisure – not only sports facilities –, create University orientation towards a healthy lifestyle services and make healthy life in the University environment policies ”, concludes gate.

Genetic predisposition

A recent study, published in the journal PNAS, ensures that the gene called RASGRF2 could be involved in predisposition to drunkenness.

According to scientists, this gene regulates the predisposition to consume alcohol in excess, by influencing the activity of dopamine in the way neurons mesolimbic, a tract which transmits dopamine from one region of the brain.

Gunter Schumann, one of the principal authors of the study, explained that although it cannot be considered that gene as the main cause – because there are many environmental factors and other genes involved –, its study helps to clarify why some people are more vulnerable than others against alcohol.

References:

Veronica Varela-Mato, José M. gate, Carlos Ayan, Vicente Martín and Antonio Molina. Lifestyle and Health among Spanish University Students: Differences by Gender and Academic Discipline ”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 9: 2728-2741, 2012. 10 3390/ijerph9082728

David Staceya et al. RASGRF2 regulates alcohol-induced reinforcement by influencing mesolimbic dopamine neuron activity and dopamine release ”, PNAS 109 (51), 5 of December. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1211844110