Associations between weight discrimination and the use of potentially harmful dietary supplements during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The dietary supplements industry disproportionately markets potentially harmful products promising weight loss, cleansing/detoxing, and boosted energy and immunity to women. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened consumer concerns around health and body weight, which may have increased women's risks of using supplements, particularly if they had a higher weight and experienced weight discrimination. This study aimed to estimate inequities in prevalence and change in use of weight-loss, cleanse/detox, immunity, and energy supplements in the first year of the pandemic and to assess the extent to which the relationship between weight and supplement use differs across discrimination experiences. We drew upon longitudinal data from cisgender women in the U.S. COVID-19 Pandemic Substudy of the Nurses'

SUBMITTER: Raffoul A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10567056 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature