Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Energy drinks have doctors worried- but business is booming by Alexandra Sifferlin

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: July 6-13, 2015
Article: Energy drinks have doctors worried- but business is booming
Page: 22
Author:  Alexandra Sifferlin
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Comments: Interesting article that teenagers should read.

Questions
1. What is the name of the Biology Teacher at Stroud High School in Oklahoma?
2. Who reported that about 50% of adolescents consume energy drinks?
3. Who reported that about 31% of adolescents consume energy drinks on a regular basis?
4. Who opts for energy drinks instead of soda?
5. Who reported that 46% of energy-drink advertisements on television aired on channels that appeal to adolescents?
6. How much is the energy-drink business expected to grow by 2019?
7. What should their annual revenue be in 2019?
8. Who asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add safety warnings on energy-drink bottles?
9. Who has asked for a banning on marketing energy-drinks to minors?
10. What two or more stimulants do energy drinks contain?
11. Energy-drink companies say their drinks contain no more caffeine than ___________.
12. Do we send out alert when an energy-drink sends someone to the hospital?
13. How are energy-drinks marketed that they don't require premarket safety approval by the FDA?
14. What is challenging for public-health experts to prove?
15. What would be considered unethical for scientists to do?
16. Whose ingredient blends are proprietary?
17. Who collects consumer health complaints?
18. What are supplement companies required to do?
19. Are energy-drink companies required to file consumer health complaints?
20. What happens to the consumer health complaints that are filed voluntary with the FDA?
21. How many adverse event reports from energy-drink companies did the FDA receive from January 2012 to November 2014?
22. Which trade group represents energy-drink companies?
23. Which energy-drink companies say they don't market to kids?
24. Which energy-drink company has a social-networking site called the Monster Army?

Reference
http://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/

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