{"id":274747,"date":"2025-09-03T21:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T20:05:14","slug":"teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Teachers want us to act&#8217;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yIPdyviZaRQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yIPdyviZaRQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>High-caffeine energy drinks will be banned for under-16s in England to prevent harm to children\u2019s health. <\/p>\n<p>The plan will make it illegal to sell energy drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to anyone under 16 across all retailers, including online, in shops, restaurants, cafes and vending machines.<\/p>\n<p>According to ministers, a ban could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children and will help prevent issues such as disrupted sleep, increased anxiety and lack of concentration, as well as poorer school results.<\/p>\n<p>Around 100,000 children\u00a0are thought to consume at least one high-caffeine energy drink every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-caffeine energy drinks will be banned for under-16s in England to prevent harm to children\u2019s health. The plan will make it illegal to sell energy drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to anyone under 16 across all retailers, including online, in shops, restaurants, cafes and vending machines. According to ministers, a ban [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":274748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[133153,129193,146969],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-274747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-drinks","tag-energy","tag-highcaffeine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Teachers want us to act&#039;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch &#039;Teachers want us to act&#039;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Teachers want us to act&#039;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch &#039;Teachers want us to act&#039;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yIPdyviZaRQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"&#8216;Teachers want us to act&#8217;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/hqdefault-432.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"drinks\",\"Energy\",\"Highcaffeine\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/hqdefault-432.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch 'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/hqdefault-432.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/hqdefault-432.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Teachers want us to act&#8217;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch 'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch 'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yIPdyviZaRQ\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"&#8216;Teachers want us to act&#8217;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News","datePublished":"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/"},"wordCount":176,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hqdefault-432.jpg","keywords":["drinks","Energy","Highcaffeine"],"articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/","name":"'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hqdefault-432.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-03T20:05:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch 'Teachers want us to act': Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hqdefault-432.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hqdefault-432.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/teachers-want-us-to-act-government-to-ban-energy-drinks-for-under-16s-itv-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Teachers want us to act&#8217;: Government to ban energy drinks for under-16s | ITV News"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274747"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=274747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}