A growing number of youth are drinking coffee — the National Coffee Association says young people are the fastest growing coffee-drinking niche. In 2002, about 24 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds drank coffee, and the percentage has grown ever since. Are these coffee drinks — with the fanciest concoctions often packed with sugar and fat — good for kids? NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman sorts through these frothy coffee drinks and the caffeine and calories they often mask:
Kids and Coffee: Are children drinking too much caffeine?
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