Table 2.

ED consumption patterns

	Emerging adult (n = 251)		Adult (n = 239)		Total population (N = 490)
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Consume energy drinks
Yes	134	53	151	63	285	58
No	117	47	88	37	205	42
Number per typical sitting
One	118	88	137	91	255	90
Two	14	10	13	9	27	9
Three or more	2	2	1		3	1
Number of times consumed in the past 7 days
Every day	2	2	3	2	5	2
4–5 times a week	15	11	20	13	35	12
2–3 times a week	10	7	11	7	21	7
Once a week	6	5	13	9	19	7
Depends on the need	101	75	104	69	205	72
Brands of ED consumed*
Red Bull (80 mg caffeine/can)	39	29	44	29	83	29
Dragon (180 mg caffeine/can)	39	29	40	26	79	28
Reboost Power Play (80 mg caffeine /can)	32	24	35	23	67	24
Monster (80 mg caffeine/can)	22	16	34	23	56	20
Vitamin Water (2.5 mg/100 ml)	14	10	22	15	36	13

*Some students were consuming up to seven different types of EDs