Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have often called out the dangers of energy drinks on children and the entirety of the population, the companies and consumers have paid little attention to the warnings - but will they now, as new studies prove once again that these highly caffeinated drinks are dangerous to health?
It's hardly the first time that scientists warn about the dangers of energy drinks of children and the general population, but it seems like it has been in vain, and the latest study in the matter sees that it's not only a widespread problem, but it's also affecting their grades in school and, even worse, their general behavior.
The newest study about the effects of energy drinks in children appeared recently in the journal Academic Pediatrics, according to Science Daily, from a Yale University paper entitled "Energy Drinks and Youth Self-Reported Hyperactivity/Inattention Symptoms," which studied the behavior of middle-school children.
According to Time Magazine, the study states that the effects of energy drinks on children are so heavy that those kids who consume these beverages excessively are at a risk that's 66 percent higher than other children of their same age, after the Yale University scientists studied 1,649 children from 5th to 8th grade.
As Tree Hugger reports, the Yale School of Public Health study on energy drinks and children randomly selected the 1,649 kids, average age 12.4, from an urban school district in Connecticut, where the Ivy League school is located.
Shockingly enough, upon survey it was found that these kids could consume an average of two such sugary drinks a day, with boys being more likely to follow this diet than girls, and black and Hispanic students having a stronger tendency towards heavy energy drinks consumption.
"Despite considering numerous types of beverages in our analyses (eg, soda, fruit drinks), only energy drinks were associated with greater risk of hyperactivity/inattention," wrote the authors in their study about the effects of energy drinks on children.
