Sarah Patrick

Issues

  1. How is the consumption of energy drinks impacting on the health of adolescents? Introduction

    Energy drinks (ED) sales have increased at an alarming rate worldwide and adolescents are highly represented in purchase figures raising concerns in both the scientific and general public communities of what effects these products are having on their health (Breda, et al., 2014; Pennington, Johnson, Delaney, & Blankenship, 2010). This literature review will examine published articles that investigate the health risks and consequences related to ED consumption by the adolescent…