Trends in caffeine intake among U.S. children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Physicians and policy makers are increasingly interested in caffeine intake among children and adolescents in the advent of increasing energy drink sales. However, there have been no recent descriptions of caffeine or energy drink intake in the United States. We aimed to describe trends in caffeine intake over the past decade among US children and adolescents.

Methods

We assessed trends and demographic differences in mean caffeine intake among children and adolescents by using the 24-hour dietary recall data from the 1999-2010 NHANES. In addition, we described the proportion of caffeine consumption attributable to different beverages, including soda, energy drinks, and tea.

Results

Approximately 73% of children consumed caffeine on a given day

SUBMITTER: Branum AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4736736 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature