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Insight and Health

The truth about what downing energy drinks really does to kids

Campaigners in the UK want energy drinks banned for under-16s. The latest scientific evidence suggests they are right – these drinks are uniquely bad for children

By Andy Coghlan

7 February 2018

Jamie Oliver ban energy drinks

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has called for a ban on energy drinks

Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/mirrorpix

ARE energy drinks turning teens into hyperactive, unhealthy, disobedient delinquents? Public perceptions seem to be shifting towards believing that.

In January, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver a campaign calling for a ban on sales of these drinks to children, and UK supermarkets wasted no time taking action. , announcing plans to ban sales of the strongest drinks to under-16s. Others swiftly followed, vowing to introduce bans in March.

It seems common sense that a cocktail of stimulants will make kids hyperactive, but is…

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