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DUI Science: Fat vs. Thin/Man vs. Woman/Young vs. Old
in DUI Law, DUI Process
After consuming alcohol, will a fat person or a thin person have a lower BAC? Alcohol loves water and will move into spaces where water is the most prevalent. Fatty portions of the body have a low water content and absorb little of the alcohol, while muscular portions of the body have a high water content and absorb much alcohol. As it is carried to all parts of the body by the blood, the alcohol distributes itself in proportion to the water content of the various parts of the body. It is the presumed relationship between the amount of alcohol in...
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