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The prevalence and predictors of dietary supplement use in the australian population
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posted on 2023-04-18, 03:33 authored by SK O’Brien, E Malacova, JL Sherriff, LJ BlackCurrent 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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NutrientsVolume
9Pagination
1154-1154Location
SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2072-6643eISSN
2072-6643Language
enIssue
10Publisher
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Australian Health Surveydietary supplementspredictorsprevalenceAdolescentAdultAgedAustraliaBody Mass IndexChildDietary SupplementsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultPediatricPreventionNutritionComplementary and Integrative Health2 Aetiology3 Prevention of disease and conditions, and promotion of well-being3.3 Nutrition and chemoprevention2.4 Surveillance and distributionFood Sciences not elsewhere classifiedNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
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