According to a new study by Boston Medical Center, about 15 % of 2-year-olds drink as much as four ounces of coffee a day . Between 2% to 3% of the infants studied were drinking coffee. At two, that number grew to 15 %. drinking on average a little more than an ounce of coffee a day. “Our results show that many infants and toddlers in Boston – and perhaps in the US – are being given coffee and that this could be associated with cultural practices,” said Dr. Anne Merewood, director of the Breastfeeding Center at BMC and associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. Official guidelines for children’s coffee consumption is lacking, but there are some alarming potential health effects. Previous hospital studies have shown that coffee and caffeine have been associated with depression, type 1 diabetes, sleep disturbances, substance abuse and obesity in children and adolescents. Ano...
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