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The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population
Current dietary supplement use in Australia is not well described. We investigated the prevalence and predictors of supplement use in the Australian population (n = 19,257) using data from the 2014–2015 National Health Survey. We reported the prevalence of supplement use by sex and age group and inv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5691770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29065492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9101154 |
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author | O’Brien, Stacey K. Malacova, Eva Sherriff, Jill L. Black, Lucinda J. |
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description | Current dietary supplement use in Australia is not well described. We investigated the prevalence and predictors of supplement use in the Australian population (n = 19,257) using data from the 2014–2015 National Health Survey. We reported the prevalence of supplement use by sex and age group and investigated the independent predictors of supplement use in adults, adolescents, and children using multiple logistic regression models. A total of 43.2% of adults (34.9% of males, 50.3% of females), 20.1% of adolescents (19.7% of males, 20.6% of females), and 23.5% of children (24.4% of males, 22.5% of females) used at least one dietary supplement in the previous two weeks. The most commonly used supplements were multivitamins and/or multiminerals and fish oil preparations. In adults, independent predictors of supplement use included being female, increasing age, being born outside Australia and other main English-speaking countries, having a higher education level, having a healthy BMI compared to those who were obese, being physically active, and being a non-smoker. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed investigation of dietary supplement use in a nationally-representative sample of the Australian population. Future studies investigating the contribution of supplements to overall dietary intakes of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids are warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-56917702017-11-22 The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population O’Brien, Stacey K. Malacova, Eva Sherriff, Jill L. Black, Lucinda J. Nutrients Article Current dietary supplement use in Australia is not well described. We investigated the prevalence and predictors of supplement use in the Australian population (n = 19,257) using data from the 2014–2015 National Health Survey. We reported the prevalence of supplement use by sex and age group and investigated the independent predictors of supplement use in adults, adolescents, and children using multiple logistic regression models. A total of 43.2% of adults (34.9% of males, 50.3% of females), 20.1% of adolescents (19.7% of males, 20.6% of females), and 23.5% of children (24.4% of males, 22.5% of females) used at least one dietary supplement in the previous two weeks. The most commonly used supplements were multivitamins and/or multiminerals and fish oil preparations. In adults, independent predictors of supplement use included being female, increasing age, being born outside Australia and other main English-speaking countries, having a higher education level, having a healthy BMI compared to those who were obese, being physically active, and being a non-smoker. To our knowledge, this is the first detailed investigation of dietary supplement use in a nationally-representative sample of the Australian population. Future studies investigating the contribution of supplements to overall dietary intakes of vitamins, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acids are warranted. MDPI 2017-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5691770/ /pubmed/29065492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9101154 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article O’Brien, Stacey K. Malacova, Eva Sherriff, Jill L. Black, Lucinda J. The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title | The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title_full | The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title_fullStr | The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title_short | The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population |
title_sort | prevalence and predictors of dietary supplement use in the australian population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5691770/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29065492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9101154 |
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