July 11/Waterbury, Conn./US Fed News -- Since Red Bull hit the market in the 1990s, the popularity of energy drinks has soared among the nation's youth. In 2008, annual sales accounted for $3.2 billion in the U.S and $7.8 billion worldwide.
Dr. Yifrah Kaminer, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, discusses the potential negative consequences these drinks have on young people in an article published in the July edition of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America.