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Publication - Research and analysis

Energy drinks: evidence brief

Published
30 May 2023
Directorate
Population Health Directorate
Part of
Children and families, Education, Health and social care
ISBN
9781800047402

Evidence summary of caffeinated energy drink (CED) consumption patterns in children and young people in the UK and Scotland and the impact on their physical and psychological health and behavioural outcomes.

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Footnotes

1. Scottish Government (2019) Ending the sale of energy drinks to children and young people: consultation

2. Brunton et al (2018) Caffeinated energy drink use and reported effects in young people: a rapid overview of systematic reviews London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University College London

3. Definition of young people "those under the age of 18"

4. EFSA NDA Panel (2015) Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine, EFSA Journal, 13(5):4102

5. Zucconi et al (2013) Gathering consumption data on specific consumer groups of energy drinks EFSA Supporting Publications 10: 394E

6. Brunton et al (2019) Caffeinated energy drinks and effects in UK young people: A secondary analysis of population-level datasets. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education

7. Brooks et al. (2018). Young people and energy drinks consumption in England: Findings from the WHO Health Behaviour in School aged Children (HBSC) Survey 2015 Detailed Analysis on Findings Relation to Consumption of Energy Drinks by Young People

8. Inchley et al (2020) Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) 2018 Survey in Scotland: National Report MRC/CSO Social ad Public Health Sciences Unity, University of Glasgow

9. Richards G, Smith AP (2016) A Review of Energy Drinks and Mental Health, with a Focus on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Journal of caffeine research, 6(2), 49-63

10. Zucconi et al. (2013) Gathering Consumption Data on Specific Consumer Groups of Energy Drinks. Supporting Publications 2013:EN-394, 190

11. Richards G, Smith AP (2016) A Review of Energy Drinks and Mental Health, with a Focus on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Journal of caffeine research, 6(2), 49-63

12. Hammond et al (2018) Adverse Effects of Caffeinated Energy Drinks Among Youth and Young Adults in Canada: a Web-based survey. CMAJ Open, 6(1) 154

13. Toth et al (2020) Energy Drink Consumption, Depression and Salutogenic Sense of Coherence Among Adolescents and Young Adults, International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4) 1290

14. Richards G, Smith AP (2016) A Review of Energy Drinks and Mental Health, with a Focus on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Journal of Caffeine Research, 6(2), 49-63

15. Gallimov et al (2020) Association of Energy Drink Consumption with Substance-use Initiation Among Adolescents: A 12-Month longitudinal Study, Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(2) 221-228

16. Butler et al (2019) Caffeinated Energy Drink Consumption and Predictors of Use Among Secondary School Students Over Time in the COMPASS Cohort Study, Preventative Medicine Reports, 15(1) 100911

17. Richards G, Smith AP (2016) A Review of Energy Drinks and Mental Health, with a Focus on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Journal of caffeine research, 6(2), 49-63

Contact

Email: DietPolicy@gov.scot

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