Young Women With Eating Disorders Feel the Pull of Energy Drinks
Jessica Barth Nesbitt provided insight for this Wall Street Journal article which discusses how energy drinks are impacting young women with eating disorders.
With their fitness-influencer endorsements and wellness sheen, energy drinks have become more appealing to women. They’ve also become a go-to for teenage girls and young women with eating disorders.
Overconsumption of low-cal, highly caffeinated energy drinks is on the rise among young women with unhealthy eating and exercise habits, say doctors at more than a dozen of the nation’s top hospitals and eating-disorder treatment centers. Taking in too much caffeine can cause serious health problems, especially for people who aren’t eating enough, doctors say.
