Most women over 65 don’t drink but for those that do they are more likely to become problem drinkers. Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Women’s bodies may be more vulnerable to addiction later in life.
Women weigh less so smaller amounts of alcohol have a more intoxicating effect.
Women have greater ratio of fat to muscle so alcohol leaves the body more slowly; higher levels of alcohol concentration in the body accelerates liver damage and decreases the metabolism of alcohol in the digestive tract.
Longer life expectancy makes them more vulnerable to stressors.
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