Study Urges Ban On Sale Of Energy Drinks To Children.

a new report urges banning the sale of energy drinks to children and adolescents as they can be harmful, citing a study in the April issue of the journal Nutrition Reviews. Children who drink “high-caffeinated energy drinks can suffer negative health, social, emotional and behavioral problems,” the study warns. “The number of hospital emergency-room visits by 12- to 17-year-olds linked to energy drinks increased from 1,145 in 2007 to 1,499 in 2011,” notes the study, which was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/03/24/energy-drinks-beverages-red-bull-monster-rudd-center-for-food-policy-and-obesity/70388384/