January 3, 2003

A Web Site Takes a New Approach to Curbing Alcohol Abuse by College Students

Students have heard it plenty of times: Drinking gets you into a heap of trouble, so don't do it. So far, the old warning hasn't worked well.

Now a Web site, MyStudentBody.com, is trying a new approach: rating a student's drinking habits and personality, and then assessing the potential problems. The site, created by Inflexxion, a Newton, Mass., company specializing in health education, is being used on an experimental basis by health centers and drinking-prevention programs at two

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