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The vast majority of college students who drink caffeine do so to stay awake and because it tastes good. Other reasons include alleviating stress, improving concentration or energy levels, and some social pressure reasoning.

Reasons for consuming caffeine in college

In the short term, caffeine can provide alertness, increased focus and mood. There are groups of individuals that when they consume a moderate to high amount of caffeine, can be exposed to major health risks. A major sensitive group of individuals is children, whose brains and body are still in development. In a cross sectional study, researchers found that high caffeine consumption in children was associated with higher levels of anxiety, stress, and depression. (Consuming over 1000mg of caffeine per week was the threshold in which these correlations were found.) 

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