Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2014, 5, 158-168 Published Online January 2014 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/fns) http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/fns.2014.52021 Patterns of Caffeinated Energy Drinks Consumption among Adolescents and Adults in Hail, Saudi Arabia Mo’ez Al-Islam Ezzat Faris1,2 1Department of Clinical Nutrition, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, KSA; 2Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Petra University, Amman, Jordan. Email:
[email protected] Received August 27th, 2013; revised September 27th, 2013; accepted October 5th, 2013 Copyright © 2014 Mo’ez Al-Islam Ezzat Faris. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In accordance of the Creative Commons Attribution License all Copyrights © 2014 are reserved for SCIRP and the owner of the intellectual property Mo’ez Al-Islam Ezzat Faris. All Copyright © 2014 are guarded by law and by SCIRP as a guardian. ABSTRACT Caffeinated energy drinks have become more popular in the last decades, especially amongst adolescents and young adults in different parts of the globe. The study aims to investigate the frequency of energy-drink con- sumption and associated factors in an arbitrary group of adults and adolescents living in Hail/Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional study was conducted and included which randomly selected 1062 participants (867 males and 195 females) from universities, colleges, middle-to-higher schools and social settings. Data collection was conducted using a self-administered standard tested questionnaire.