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Concerns are growing over the excessive consumption of caffeine among adolescents, according to a report on Sunday, citing a teen health study. According to last year’s “Youth Health Behavior Survey” conducted by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on some 60,000 middle and high school students in 800 schools nationwide, 22.3 percent of the respondents answered “yes” when ask.
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) Excessive consumption of energy drinks can cause allergies, a study showed Tuesday.
A research team from Hallym University Medical Center conducted a study of 129,809 young South Koreans between the ages of 12 and 18 who participated in the 2015-2016 Youth Health Behavior Survey, finding a correlation between energy drink consumption and allergies.
The research team studied the correlation between energy drinks and asthma, atopy, and allergic rhinitis.
In the case of asthma, young South Koreans drinking energy drinks more than seven times each week had an 11.6 percent chance of getting asthma, which was 1.3 times more likely than those who did not (8.8 percent).