Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2014

Dima M Qato; G Caleb Alexander; Jenny S Guadamuz; Stacy Tessler Lindau

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1008

Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in US Children and Adolescents, 2003-2014

JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Aug 1;172(8):780-782. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1008.

Authors

Dima M Qato^{1

2}, G Caleb Alexander^{3

4}, Jenny S Guadamuz¹, Stacy Tessler Lindau⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
² Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This study uses NHANES data to estimate the prevalence of dietary supplement use, including both nutritional products and alternative medicines, among US children and adolescents between 2003 and 2014.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Dietary Supplements / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Nutrition Surveys
Time Factors
United States