Breakfast and Energy Drink Consumption in Secondary School Children: Breakfast Omission, in Isolation or in Combination with Frequent Energy Drink Use, is Associated with Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Cross-Sectionally, but not at 6-Month Follow-Up

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Richards, Gareth ^a   Smith, Andrew P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent behavior; anxiety; breakfast; caffeine; depression; energy drinks; mental health; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992527113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00106     Document Type: Article

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