Dietary Supplement Use In The United States

According to the 2012 national health interview survey which included questions on americans use of natural products dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals almost 18 percent of adults and about 5 percent of children used these products in 2012.
Dietary supplement use in the united states. Population aged 1 y and older table 1. Dietary supplement use has steadily increased over time since the 1970s. This session at the 2005 american dietetic association s food nutrition conference expo presented current data on why people use dietary supplements how to collect and.
About 71 of u s. The majority of users 79 reported taking them every day within the last 30 d 12 reported use. Therefore the purpose of this analysis was to estimate dietary supplement use using the nhanes 2003 2006 a nationally representative cross sectional survey.
Therefore the purpose of this analysis was to estimate dietary. In general dietary supplement use in all categories increased with age. Dietary supplement use was reported by 49 44 of males 53 of females of the u s.
Most people reported taking only 1 dietary supplement. However no current data exist for the u s. Among all the age groups adults between the ages 35 54 have the highest usage of dietary supplements at 81.
Most people reported taking only 1 dietary supplement fig. Population aged 1 y and older. Dietary supplement use has steadily increased over time since the 1970s.
The majority of users 79 reported taking them every day within the last 30 d. Under the dietary supplement health and education act of 1994 dshea. Dietary supplement use was reported by 49 44 of males 53 of females of the u s.