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Emerging Patterns in Beverage Consumption among New Brunswick Students: Alcohol and Energy Drinks. Hao Wang, Neeru Gupta, Maurice Collette, Suzanne Clair, Laura Brennan New Brunswick Department of Health. Content. Background Questions to Answer NB Student Drug Use Survey Data Analysis
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Emerging Patterns in Beverage Consumption among New Brunswick Students: Alcohol and Energy Drinks Hao Wang, Neeru Gupta, Maurice Collette, Suzanne Clair, Laura Brennan New Brunswick Department of Health
Content • Background • Questions to Answer • NB Student Drug Use Survey Data Analysis • Energy Drinks Policy Consideration
Background • Growing concern about the consumption of energy drinks among children and youth • Substance in energy drinks • Caffeine, taurine, herbal supplements, sugar • Deleterious health effects • Anxiety, irritability, headache, insomnia • Mixing of alcohol and energy drinks
Questions to Answer • What is the picture of energy drinks consumption among New Brunswick students? • Are there associations between energy drinks consumption and other substances, especially alcohol? • What policy approaches can be considered to reduce the health risk of consuming energy drinks among New Brunswick students?
Energy Drinks and Alcohol Consumption • New Brunswick Student Drug Use Survey 2012 (NBSDUS) • Cross-sectional survey in NB public schools • Survey sample: 3,507 • Grades: 7, 9, 10, and 12 • Age: 11 - 19 • Survey questions: • Energy drinks, alcohol, smoking, cannabis
Results of Multinomial Regression Model Note: 95% confidence interval in the parenthesis
Key Findings from NBSDUS • 57% of students have consumed energy drinks in the past 12 months • 12% of students have consumed energy drinks regularly (more than once a month) in past 12 months • Male students are more likely to use energy drinks, with an increased odds ratio at higher levels of consumption • Strong association between energy drinks and alcohol use among students • Strong association between energy drinks consumption and other risk behaviors (smoking, Cannabis use)
Energy Drinks Policy - Federal Regulation (2013) • Compositional • Maximum limit for total caffeine of 400 mg/L • Maximum amount of caffeine not to exceed 180 mg per single serve container • Energy drinks cannot be used as an ingredient in pre-mixed alcoholic beverages • Limits on other ingredients such as vitamins and minerals • Listing of accepted and unaccepted ingredients
Energy Drinks Policy- Federal Regulation (2013) • Labeling • Required statement: • “Not recommended for children, pregnant/breastfeeding women, individuals sensitive to caffeine” • “Do not mix with alcohol” • “High source of caffeine” • Requires the labeling of the amount of caffeine from all sources to be shown in milligrams per container or per serving size • Requires that all general food labeling provisions apply (nutrition facts table, ingredient labeling, allergen labeling)
Energy Drinks Policy Consideration – New Brunswick • Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has a policy (policy 711) that says sweetened beverages are not permitted to be served or sold in the school setting • Some schools have implemented their own policies that restrict students from bringing energy drinks into the school
Energy Drinks Policy Consideration – New Brunswick • New Brunswick Department of Heath is in the process of considering energy drink policy options • Regulatory • Non-regulatory • Education and awareness • Research • Partnership and collaboration
Reference • Azagba S, Langille D, and Asbridge M. An emerging adolescent health risk: caffeinated energy drink consumption patterns among high school students. Preventative Medicine, 2014; 62:54-59 • Azagba S, Langille D, Asbridge M. The consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks: prevalence and key correlates among Canadian high school students. CMAJ Open, 2013; 1(1):E19-E26 • Gupta N, Wang H, Collette M, and Pilgrim W. New Brunswick Student Drug Use Survey Report 2012. Fredericton: New Brunswick Department of Health, 2013 • New Brunswick Health Indicators, Issue 9, September 2013 • New Brunswick Stakeholder Dialogue on Energy Drinks Summary Report, New Brunswick Department of Health, 2014 (Publishing soon)