title: Adolescent consumption of sports and energy drinks: linkages to higher physical activity, unhealthy beverage patterns, cigarette smoking, and screen media use.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine patterns of adolescent sports and energy drink (SED) consumption and identify behavioral correlates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were drawn from Eating and Activity in Teens, a population-based study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents from 20 middle and high schools in Minneapolis/St Paul, MN completed classroom-administered surveys.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 2,793 adolescents (53.2% girls) in grades 6-12.
  
  
  METHODS
  Beverage patterns; breakfast frequency; moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA); media use; sleep; and cigarette smoking.
  
  
  METHODS
  Linear and logistic regression models were used to estimate associations between health behaviors and SED consumption, adjusting for demographics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Over a third of adolescents consumed sports drinks and 14.7% consumed energy drinks at least once a week. Among boys and girls, both sports and energy drink consumption were related to higher video game use; sugar-sweetened beverage and fruit juice intake; and smoking (P < .05). Sports drink consumption was also significantly related to higher MVPA and organized sport participation for both genders (P < .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although sports drink consumption was associated with higher MVPA, adolescents should be reminded of recommendations to consume these beverages only after vigorous, prolonged activity. There is also a need for future interventions designed to reduce SED consumption, to address the clustering of unhealthy behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Electronic address: larsonn@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DeWolfe
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Global Health and Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Story
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neumark-Sztainer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D061215:Energy Drinks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012890:Sleep; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018910:Video Games
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose
keywords: adolescents; dietary intake; energy drinks; physical activity; sleep patterns; sports drinks