title: Jello shot consumption among older adolescents: a pilot study of a newly identified public health problem.
abstract: We investigated the extent of jello shot consumption among underage youths. We conducted a pilot study among a nonrandom national sample of 108 drinkers, aged 16-20 years, recruited from the Knowledge Networks Internet panel in 2010 by using consecutive sampling. The prevalence of past 30-day jello shot consumption among the 108 drinkers, aged 16-20 years, in our sample was 21.4%, and among those who consumed jello shots, the percentage of alcohol consumption attributable to jello shots averaged 14.5%. We concluded that jello shot use is prevalent among youths, representing a substantial proportion of their alcohol intake. Surveillance of youth alcohol use should include jello shot consumption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Binakonsky
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giga
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005780:Gelatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D011634:Public Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D005780:Gelatin