I don't know how I missed this, but Radley Balko links to this article from a year ago last June (maybe it was just too far ahead of its time):
Kids Consuming Covert Caffeine
Few caffeine tests including children have been conducted, but the magazine says current knowledge indicates caffeine has the same effect on children that it does on adults — jitters and anxiousness.
"As you increase the dose, you get into anxiety, insomnia and tension," Roland Griffiths, a professor in psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, told the magazine.
Got a solution for ya: tell yer kid what to eat and drink. It's amazing how often a direct command works. Kinda like the first piece of advice in The Instant Millionaire: ask people for money.
Consumer Reports is published by Consumers Union, an independent nonprofit organization. Its income comes from sales of the magazine and other services and noncommercial contributions and grants.
But obviously not from Big Caffeine.
Update: I also meant to link this more recent article which Balko also links.
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