塔马莱的能量饮料:了解年轻人的看法,消费模式和相关因素
Williams Kobik1, Paul Armah Aryee2
1Department of Health and Nutrition, Allied Relief, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana.
PloS one
|April 26, 2024
概括
加纳年轻人中能量饮料的消费量很高,许多人不知道潜在的风险. 建议改善公共卫生宣传和立法,以应对这一趋势并保护消费者健康.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 能量饮料 (ED) 在年轻人中很受欢迎,因为它们对认知和身体有好处.
- 营销,低价和口味有助于ED的普及,尽管与不良健康影响和高风险行为有关.
- 在加纳,能源饮料的消费在年轻人中显著增加.
研究的目的:
- 调查加纳塔马勒大都市的年轻人中能量饮料的流行和消费模式.
- 探索在这个人口群体中影响能量饮料消费的感知和相关因素.
- 识别有关能量饮料成分,益处和副作用的知识差距.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项横截面研究,共541名参与者 (340名男性,201名女性),年龄在15-45岁之间.
- 数据采集使用调查问卷评估消费模式,感知和社会人口统计特征.
- 统计分析发现了与能量饮料消费有显著关联的因素 (p < .05).
主要成果:
- 观察到能量饮料消费的普遍性很高,98.7%的消费者以前消费过ED,而78.7%的消费者目前正在消费.
- 受访者认为EDs是能量提升剂和减压剂,但也报告了不眠症和不安等副作用.
- 显著多数 (83.4%) 显示对EDs的知识很差,包括其分类,成分和作用.
结论:
- 在塔马勒大都市的年轻人中,能量饮料的消费普遍存在,这通常与对风险和益处的认识不足有关.
- 年龄,教育,工作强度和社会环境等因素显著影响消费模式.
- 公共卫生干预和立法措施对于提高知识,塑造观念和减轻与能量饮料消费相关的健康风险至关重要.
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