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One in Seven 2-Year-Olds in Boston Drink Coffee

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GETTY 3615 Coffee?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1425637013265iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Do you remember having your first sip of coffee? It was probably when you were a kid and you also probably hated it.

However, a new study out of Boston Medical Center has some shocking news: an estimated one out of seven children aged 2 in Boston drink coffee.

The researchers, led by Anne Merewood, analyzed 315 moms and toddlers to arrive at that estimate. They also found that children of Hispanics were more likely to be coffee drinkers than non-Hispanics and that more girls than boys drank coffee.

Merewood believes that infants and toddlers in other parts of the country are also being given coffee, saying it “could be associated with cultural factors.”

Although the report did not delve into the reasons or possible ramifications of allowing children to drink coffee at such a young age, other studies have said that it can lead to depression, diabetes, sleep problems, substance abuse and obesity.


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