专家：能量饮料当中的咖啡因危害儿童健康

    食品伙伴网讯    据外媒报道，美国专家表示，能量饮料含有咖啡因，对儿童健康构成潜在影响，可能会导致心脏问题，或癫痫、惊厥等神经问题。

    美国毒物控制中心的咨询电话，有相当一部分与儿童饮用能量饮料出现健康问题有关。

    密歇根儿童医院（Children's Hospital of Michigan）儿科主任利普舒兹（Steven Lipshultz）称，多数能量饮料含有大量咖啡因，对儿童产生潜在危害。

    部分原文报道如下：

    A significant chunk of calls to American poison control centers about energy drink consumption involved children younger than 6, according to a new study presented before an American Heart Association meeting Monday.

    （iStockPhoto） The first review of energy drink-related calls to the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System found that more than 40 percent of such calls between 2010 and 2013 involved “accidental exposure” to energy drinks by young children.

    “Exposure to energy drinks is a continuing health problem,” said Steven Lipshultz, the study's main author who is also the pediatrics chair at Wayne State University and pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. “It wasn't like this is a fad and dying off. The number of calls has been steady and consistent.”

    原文链接：http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/11/17/poison-control-centers-are-fielding-calls-about-young-kids-consuming-energy-drinks/