Het verband tussen het drinken van energiedrankjes, risicogedrag en een ongezond eetpatroon bij jongeren

Abstract

This thesis is an initial attempt to investigate the relationship between energy drink consumption and risk behaviour and an unhealthy diet among high school students. It was hypothesized that frequent consumption of energy drinks is positively related to risk behaviours like drinking (alcohol), smoking and marijuana use, and unhealthy diet like breakfast skipping, poor consumption of vegetables and fruits and consumption of too many candies and soft drinks. In this study school level was used as a covariate. Data from the cross-sectional Dutch Health Behaviour in School aged Children study (N = 5682) were employed to examine this relationship. Participants received an extensive self-report questionnaire. Two-step cluster analysis was used to identify different clusters for risk behaviour and unhealthy lifestyle. ANOVA was used to model the association between the consumption of energy drinks and the clusters of risk behaviour and unhealthy lifestyle. The results did support the expectations that frequent consumers of energy drinks were more likely to engage in risky behaviour and an unhealthy diet. After controlling for school level, these significant relationships still existed. Further research is required to examine an effective intervention program.