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Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province
Dietary supplement use is increasing globally, especially among children. However, few studies have been conducted to examine dietary supplement use among Chinese children. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of dietary supplement use and the associated factors in primary school stud...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30699949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030374 |
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author | Liu, Hanmei Zhang, Shiya Zou, Hanshuang Pan, Yuanlin Yang, Qiping Ouyang, Yufeng Luo, Jing Lin, Qian |
author_facet | Liu, Hanmei Zhang, Shiya Zou, Hanshuang Pan, Yuanlin Yang, Qiping Ouyang, Yufeng Luo, Jing Lin, Qian |
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description | Dietary supplement use is increasing globally, especially among children. However, few studies have been conducted to examine dietary supplement use among Chinese children. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of dietary supplement use and the associated factors in primary school students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four primary schools in Hunan province, China. A total of 706 Chinese parents/caregivers of school children aged 6–12 years old were enrolled. Self-administrated questionnaires were used to collect information about the children’s dietary supplement use, and their socio-demographic characteristics. The prevalence of dietary supplement use in primary school students was 20.4%. Calcium (16.7%), vitamin C (9.2%), and vitamin D (8.5%) were the most commonly used types of dietary supplement. The main reasons for parents/caregivers to purchase dietary supplements for their children were immunity improvement (43.6%), and for growth promotion (36.5%). Some caregivers (26.4%) purchased dietary supplements online, including from dubious or unknown sellers. However, 37.5% of caregivers did not receive formal guidance on supplementation even if they purchased their supplements through formal channels. Parents/caregivers were unclear about the appropriate choices for children’s dietary supplement use. Guidelines and counseling regarding dietary supplements for children may be helpful in public health work. |
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spelling | pubmed-63881822019-02-27 Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province Liu, Hanmei Zhang, Shiya Zou, Hanshuang Pan, Yuanlin Yang, Qiping Ouyang, Yufeng Luo, Jing Lin, Qian Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Dietary supplement use is increasing globally, especially among children. However, few studies have been conducted to examine dietary supplement use among Chinese children. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of dietary supplement use and the associated factors in primary school students. A cross-sectional study was conducted in four primary schools in Hunan province, China. A total of 706 Chinese parents/caregivers of school children aged 6–12 years old were enrolled. Self-administrated questionnaires were used to collect information about the children’s dietary supplement use, and their socio-demographic characteristics. The prevalence of dietary supplement use in primary school students was 20.4%. Calcium (16.7%), vitamin C (9.2%), and vitamin D (8.5%) were the most commonly used types of dietary supplement. The main reasons for parents/caregivers to purchase dietary supplements for their children were immunity improvement (43.6%), and for growth promotion (36.5%). Some caregivers (26.4%) purchased dietary supplements online, including from dubious or unknown sellers. However, 37.5% of caregivers did not receive formal guidance on supplementation even if they purchased their supplements through formal channels. Parents/caregivers were unclear about the appropriate choices for children’s dietary supplement use. Guidelines and counseling regarding dietary supplements for children may be helpful in public health work. MDPI 2019-01-29 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6388182/ /pubmed/30699949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030374 Text en © 2019 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 Liu, Hanmei Zhang, Shiya Zou, Hanshuang Pan, Yuanlin Yang, Qiping Ouyang, Yufeng Luo, Jing Lin, Qian Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title | Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title_full | Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title_fullStr | Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title_full_unstemmed | Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title_short | Dietary Supplement Use Among Chinese Primary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hunan Province |
title_sort | dietary supplement use among chinese primary school students: a cross-sectional study in hunan province |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6388182/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30699949 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030374 |
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