Exploring the Discrepancies in Actual and Perceived Benefits of Dietary Supplements Among Obese Patients

Dietary supplements (DSs) have gained increased popularity for weight loss due to its availability without prescription, relatively low price, and ease of use. Consumers with limited health literacy may not adequately know the benefits and risks associated with DSs. In this project, we found a knowl...

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Autores principales: He, Zhe, Barrett, Laura A., Rizvi, Rubina, Payrovnaziri, Seyedeh Neelufar, Zhang, Rui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31438188
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190491
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Sumario:Dietary supplements (DSs) have gained increased popularity for weight loss due to its availability without prescription, relatively low price, and ease of use. Consumers with limited health literacy may not adequately know the benefits and risks associated with DSs. In this project, we found a knowledge gap between reported benefits of major DSs by adults with obesity in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2014 and those reported in existing DS knowledge databases.

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