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Would you let your kids guzzle two cups of coffee for breakfast followed by 16 teaspoons of sugar?

Thought not – but this is effectively what millions of children , some as young as five, are doing with just one energy drink.

Up to two-thirds of teens and a quarter of under-10s have drinks such as Red Bull, Relentless, Monster Energy and Rockstar, a European Food Safety Authority study found.

And with some at 25p – way cheaper than a Coke or bar of chocolate – these brightly-coloured tins lining shop shelves are the new pocket money favourite.

This week we revealed Jamie Oliver is leading calls for a ban on sales to under 16s. He believes the drinks are “akin to drugs” and “turning our kids” into addicts.

Source: ‘Oh good god, I’ve killed my daughter’: Three parents put ‘addictive’ energy drinks to the test with shocking results – Mirror Online

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