High-caffeine energy drinks to be banned for under-16s

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High-caffeine energy drinks will be banned for under-16s in England to prevent harm to children’s health, the Government has said. Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said eight out of 10 parents wanted to see a ban on the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to children. The Government has launched a 12-week consultation on the issue and plans to implement the change as soon as it can. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We promised in our manifesto that we would act to ban the sale of high caffeine energy drinks to

00:06under 16s. Off the back of concerns from parents, 8 in 10 parents want to see this ban. Teachers

00:13who are seeing the impact of caffeine on behaviour and concentration in classrooms like this one

00:20and the health evidence of high caffeine causing real issues around sleep, around health and of

00:28course lots of these drinks are not just high caffeine but high sugar so in terms of childhood

00:32obesity there's a real challenge. So we are acting, many retailers already do this so we're kicking off

00:38short sharp consultation over the next 12 weeks so that it works in practice not just in principle.

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