Background The idea behind this specific study is to identify the effects of the consumption of caffeine on 7th, 8th, and 9th graders. The study also focuses on how it progressively affects their sleep patterns on a weekly basis (weekdays and weekends included) based on the amount consumed and the frequency with which various caffeinated products were consumed.
Purpose of the Study Adults are known to be wide consumers of caffeine. It is used as a source or energy boost for a body that has been deprived of sleep. According to Bright, Pollack (2003) “Caffeine has been called the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on earth” (p 42). Caffeine is known to have a variety of health effects and challenges such as positive /negative and/ …show more content…
57.1% consumed an average of 0 to 50mg of caffeine per day, 24.1% 50 to 100mg per day, and 6.8% 150 mg per day. According to Bright, Pollack (2003) “The largest reported mean caffeine intake was 379.4mg/d by a 13.3 year old male 8th grader. Of the 3951 days that was surveyed, caffeine was consumed on 2817days ~ 71.2%” (p 43). Between 12 to 15 year olds, caffeine consumption did not increase, however there was an increase between males at 69.9mg/d and females at 55.1mg/d. Though the caffeine intake followed a weekly cycle, there was an increase in caffeine consumption on Saturdays at 77.1mg and a drop on Wednesdays at …show more content…
Bright, Pollack (2003) found that “70% of the surveyed days involved caffeine consumption, which increased after Wednesdays, got to its peak on Saturdays and then declined; supporting the original hypothesis that caffeine is used to counteract day time sleepiness” (p 45). Increased wake time was associated to caffeine consumption; but also that high caffeine users have more disturbed sleep and sleep was even more interrupted on nights with increased caffeine use, which conflicted with previous reports because data lacked a connection between caffeine interrupted sleep and teenage consumption of caffeine to counter the effects of interrupted sleep the next day. Increasing the availability of soft drink dispensing machines in schools, though beneficial and profitable to students and administration, it may be interfering with nighttime sleep of teenagers. It’s concluded that additional findings need to be done due to the limitations on sample size, insufficient demographic characterization, geographic representation, and lack of objective verification of caffeine
Purpose of the Study Adults are known to be wide consumers of caffeine. It is used as a source or energy boost for a body that has been deprived of sleep. According to Bright, Pollack (2003) “Caffeine has been called the most widely consumed psychoactive substance on earth” (p 42). Caffeine is known to have a variety of health effects and challenges such as positive /negative and/ …show more content…
57.1% consumed an average of 0 to 50mg of caffeine per day, 24.1% 50 to 100mg per day, and 6.8% 150 mg per day. According to Bright, Pollack (2003) “The largest reported mean caffeine intake was 379.4mg/d by a 13.3 year old male 8th grader. Of the 3951 days that was surveyed, caffeine was consumed on 2817days ~ 71.2%” (p 43). Between 12 to 15 year olds, caffeine consumption did not increase, however there was an increase between males at 69.9mg/d and females at 55.1mg/d. Though the caffeine intake followed a weekly cycle, there was an increase in caffeine consumption on Saturdays at 77.1mg and a drop on Wednesdays at …show more content…
Bright, Pollack (2003) found that “70% of the surveyed days involved caffeine consumption, which increased after Wednesdays, got to its peak on Saturdays and then declined; supporting the original hypothesis that caffeine is used to counteract day time sleepiness” (p 45). Increased wake time was associated to caffeine consumption; but also that high caffeine users have more disturbed sleep and sleep was even more interrupted on nights with increased caffeine use, which conflicted with previous reports because data lacked a connection between caffeine interrupted sleep and teenage consumption of caffeine to counter the effects of interrupted sleep the next day. Increasing the availability of soft drink dispensing machines in schools, though beneficial and profitable to students and administration, it may be interfering with nighttime sleep of teenagers. It’s concluded that additional findings need to be done due to the limitations on sample size, insufficient demographic characterization, geographic representation, and lack of objective verification of caffeine