For adults, energy drinks can give folks that
extra jolt needed to power through their day,
but for young children, these drinks can be
quite dangerous.
I'm Rachelle Grossman with your latest health
news.
The issue is the high levels caffeine contained
in energy drinks and the fact that amount
of caffeine needed to cause caffeine poisoning
is far lower in a child.
According to a new study, a large number of
reports to the National Poison Data System
involve energy drinks and kids under 6.
Some of the issues include abnormal heartbeats
and seizures.
In an adolescent, caffeine poisoning can happen
he or she drink about 100 milligrams of caffeine,
about the same amount found in a cup of coffee.
But for kids under 12, it takes much less
to cause poisoning symptoms.
Experts say parents need to carefully read
labels and know they should never give energy
drinks to kids.
