The Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary Supplement Use in the Australian Population.

ABSTRACT: 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, inde

SUBMITTER: O'Brien SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5691770 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature