Study: Energy and Sports Drink Consumption May Lead to Unhealthy Behaviors in Teens

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A study by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Duke University in Durham, NC, found an association between weekly consumption of sports and energy drinks and higher consumption of other sugary drinks, cigarette smoking and use of screen media by teens.

Some results:

• Regular consumers of energy drinks were more likely spend significantly more time playing video games than non energy drink consumers.
• Boys who drank energy drinks averaged about four more hours of video game play weekly, while girls who drank energy drinks played about two more hours each week than occasional users.
• Regular energy drink users consumed more sugar-sweetened beverages.
• Girls who regularly drank energy drinks were more likely to skip breakfast than girls who rarely or never drank them.
• Regular users of both sexes were more likely to have ever tried cigarettes, the study authors said.

  Read more about the study here.