Old Wives' Tale Nutrition Medicine
BUSTED Comprehensively false

Caffeine Stunts Children's Growth

No scientific evidence for this connection

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Drinking coffee or consuming caffeine prevents children from growing tall.

✓ What is actually true

Multiple studies have found no evidence that caffeine inhibits growth in children. Growth is determined by genetics, nutrition, sleep, and hormones, not caffeine consumption. While limiting caffeine in children is recommended for other health reasons (sleep disruption, anxiety), growth stunting is not supported by research.

Believed Since 1950
Year Revised 2000
Why Changed Discovery
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

6/10
4/10
The receipts 2 sources
  1. Caffeine and Growth - American Academy of PediatricsPRIMARY
  2. Snopes: Caffeine GrowthREFERENCE

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