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. 2023 Nov 17;15(11):e48966.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.48966. eCollection 2023 Nov.

The Era of Energy Drinks: Consumption Pattern, Awareness, Perception, and Their Adverse Impact on Adolescent Health in Egypt

Sameer Hamdy Hafez Sr  1   2 , Noha A Mohammed  1 , Abdalla MohamedAhmed Osman  3 , Sadeq A Alwesabi  4 , Elsadig Eltaher Hamed Abdulrahman  4 , Samah Ramadan Elrefaey  2 , Mugahed Ali Alkhadher  4 , Ateya Megahed Ibrahim  5   6 , Abeer Yahia Mahdy Shalby  7   8 , Mohamed Saied Harfoush  9
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The Era of Energy Drinks: Consumption Pattern, Awareness, Perception, and Their Adverse Impact on Adolescent Health in Egypt

Sameer Hamdy Hafez Sr et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background: Despite the risks associated with energy drinks (EDs), the consumption of EDs remains high, especially among adolescents, so the study aimed to assess the consumption pattern, awareness, perception of EDs, and their adverse impact on adolescent health.

Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. The study setting is Damanhur City, Beheira governorate, Egypt, with a sample size of 350 participants. A structured interview questionnaire was used to collect the data and consisted of five parts: socio-demographic data, pattern of use, negative adverse effects of EDs, knowledge, and perception.

Results: The data reveal that 38.5% of the studied sample consumed EDs, and 14.2% of them consumed more than one time per day. The main reason for consumption was feeling fatigue among 46.4%, followed by 28.7% to increase concentration. Only 36% had satisfactory awareness, and 45.7% perceived that excessive consumption has dangerous effects. Age, educational stage, gender, awareness, and perception are significant influencers on the consumption of EDs. The reported adverse impacts were polyuria among 51.4%, followed by tachycardia (40.0%) and insomnia (35%).

Conclusion: About one-third of studied adolescents consume EDs regularly and reported several adverse health effects, such as polyuria and tachycardia. The main reason for consumption was feeling fatigued among about half of the studied adolescents. Low awareness levels and negative perceptions were significantly associated with consumption.

Recommendation: Implement educational programs about EDs and their possible risks to improve the awareness level among adolescents. Further studies should be carried out across different countries.

Keywords: adolescents; adverse impact; awareness; egypt; energy drink consumption.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Frequency distribution of the studied sample awareness regarding the consumption of energy drinks (350)
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