Energy Drink Consumption in Adolescents is Harmful and Everyone Needs to Know Why
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The consumption of energy drinks among adolescents and young adults has escalated tremendously in recent years, with increasing evidence of adverse events related to these beverages resulting in emergency department visits and, at times, catastrophic patient outcomes. While the evidence of harm has grown, little has been done to regulate the advertisement and sales of energy drinks to young people. The regulation of other substances of abuse, such as tobacco and alcohol, serve to similarly protect this young population. These policies should be used as a guide to begin to combat the problem of energy drink consumption among adolescents and young adults.
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MOUSSA, Mohamad; GRASSO, Miriam.
Energy Drink Consumption in Adolescents is Harmful and Everyone Needs to Know Why.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 7.2, july 2023.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3995>. Date accessed: 15 may 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i7.2.3995.
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5 Nordt SP, Vilke GM, Clark RF, et al. Energy drink use and adverse effects among emergency department patients. J Community Health. 2012;37:976–981.
6 Alsunni AA. Energy drink consumption: beneficial and adverse health effects. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2015;9:468–474.
7 Babu KC, William RL. Energy drinks: the new eye-opener for adolescents. Clin Pediatr Emerg Med J. 2008;9:35–42.
8 Schwartz DL, Gilstad-Hayden K, Carroll-Scott A, et al. Energy drinks and youth self-reported hyperactivity/inattention symptoms. Acad Pediatr. 2015;15:297–304.
9 Higgins JP, Yarlagadda s, Yang B. Cardiovascular complications of energy drinks. Beverages. 2015;1:104-126.
10 Rottlaender, D, Motloch, LJ, Reda, S, Larbig, R, Hoppe, UC. Cardiac arrest due to long QT syndrome associated with excessive consumption of energy drinks. Int J Cardiol. 2012;158:e51-52.
11 Izquierdo Fos, I, Vazquez Gomis, RM, Vazquez Gomis, C, Piernas, R, Climent Forner, E, Llaguno Salvador, MD, Vargas Torcal, F. Atrial fibrillation after ingestion of a high energy drink. An Pediatr (Barc). 2012;77:417-419.
12 Nagapradeep, N, Khraisat, A, Velazquez-Cecena JE, Arora, R, Raghunathan, K, Patel, R, Parajuli, R. Energy drink-related supraventricular tachycardia. Am J Med. 2008;121:e3-4.
13 Kaoukis, A, Panagopoulou, V, Mojibian, HR, Jacoby, D. Reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with the consumption of an energy drink. Circulation. 2012;125:1584-5.
14 Avci, S, Sarikaya, R, Büyükcam, F. Death of a young man after overuse of energy drink. Am J Emerg Med. 2013;31:1624.e3-4.
5 Berger, AJ, Alford, K. Cardiac arrest in a young man following excess consumption of caffeinated “energy drinks.” Med J Aust. 2009;190:41-3.
6 Rutledge, M, Witthed, A, Khouzam, RN. It took a RedBull to unmask Brugada syndrome. Int J Cardiol. 2012;161:e14-15.
7 Solomin, D, Borron, SW, Watts, SH. STEMI Associated with Overuse of Energy Drinks. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015;2015:537689.
8 Kozik TM, Shah S, Bhattacharyya M, et al. Cardiovascular responses to energy drinks in a healthy population: the C-energy study. Am J Emerg Med. 2016;34:1205–1209.
9 Carrillo JA, Benitez J. Clinically significant pharmacokinetic interactions between dietary caffeine and medications. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2000;39:127–153.
20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Underage Drinking. Alcohol and Public Health Web site. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm. Accessed March 28, 2023.
21 Cleary K, Levine DA, Hoffman RS. Adolescents and young adults presenting to the emergency department intoxicated from a caffeinated alcoholic beverage: a case series. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;59:67–69.
22 Weldy DL. Risks of alcoholic energy drinks for youth. J Am Board Fam Med. 2010;23:555–558.
23 Ruiz, LD, Scherr, RE. Risk of energy drink consumption to adolescent health. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2019;13(1):22-25.
24 Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. Sugary Drink FACTS 2014: Some progress but much room for improvement in marketing to youth. Available at: http://www.sugarydrinkfacts.org/resources/ SugaryDrinkFACTS