J Nutr Health.  2017 Oct;50(5):460-471. 10.4163/jnh.2017.50.5.460.

Intake-related factors and educational needs regarding energy drinks in female high school students in the Incheon area

• Park SH
• Lee SH
• Chang KJ

• KMID: 2395222
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4163/jnh.2017.50.5.460

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to investigate intake-related factors of energy drinks and educational needs regarding energy drinks in female high school students.
METHODS
Subjects were 340 female high school students in Incheon, and data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 20.0 program.
RESULTS
Subjects who had drunk energy drinks were 74.3% (249 subjects) of all subjects. The first time they drank an energy drink was significantly associated with grade (p < 0.05). In 75.1% of 249 subjects who had drunk energy drinks, the places for buying energy drinks were supermarkets and convenience stores near their homes. For the effects of energy drink intake, sleeplessness (44.6%) and no effect (41.7%) were cited, and 24.5% experienced side effects such as palpitation, tremors, etc. The scores for self-diagnosis of caffeine addiction were significantly higher in the low weight group compared to the overweight group (p < 0.05). The degree of caffeine addiction was significantly associated with effects of energy drink intake (p < 0.001) and type of side effects (p < 0.001). Willingness to stop consuming energy drinks (p < 0.001) and necessity of nutrition education about energy drinks (p < 0.05) were significantly lower in the caffeine addiction group compared to the general group. About 75.0% of subjects wanted to be educated about the side effects of energy drinks and caffeine.
CONCLUSION
This study shows that female high school students need proper education about the effects of intake of energy drinks. Therefore, guidelines and a nutrition education program right intake of energy drinks should be provided as well as campaigns concerning the side effects of energy drinks and caffeine in female high school students.

Keyword

energy drink; female high school student; intake-related factors; caffeine addiction; educational needs

MeSH Terms

Caffeine
Cross-Sectional Studies
Education
Energy Drinks*
Female*
Humans
Incheon*
Overweight
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Tremor
Caffeine

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  Fig. 1 The needs for nutrition education contents on right intake of energy drinks

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