2019
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-019-00700-2
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Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use and Associated Factors Among College Students in the United Arab Emirates

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“…Most participants considered supplements as good for health. This occurrence was similar to the findings of Radwan et al [24]. In this study, we observed that students who aged 20 years or more, studied in a non-health college and up to 3 rd year of study, were roughly 2 times more likely to agree while those who had a major illness were 9 times more likely to agree that supplements are good for health.…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…Most participants considered supplements as good for health. This occurrence was similar to the findings of Radwan et al [24]. In this study, we observed that students who aged 20 years or more, studied in a non-health college and up to 3 rd year of study, were roughly 2 times more likely to agree while those who had a major illness were 9 times more likely to agree that supplements are good for health.…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Comparatively, the prevalence reported from this venue was low as a study in university students in Riyadh reported a high prevalence of dietary supplements use, i.e., �76.6% [19]. In comparison with literature from regional countries, the prevalence obtained in this study was slightly lower than the prevalence reported among college students from in UAE [24]. It was considerably lower than the figures reported for female pharmacy students in Pakistani universities [2].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 78%
“…A study in Lebanon showed that more than half of the participants (53%) used dietary supplements [ 2 ]. In Dubai, a study [ 3 ] assessed the utilization rate of health supplements and found a rate of 34.2% [ 4 ]. Similarly, another study in Croatia reported a figure of 30.4% [ 5 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Vitamins, minerals, fibers, fatty acids, and amino acids are the main components of supplements [ 3 ]. Dietary supplements can also contain materials that have not been established as vital to life but are promoted as having a useful biological outcome, such as plant pigments or polyphenols [ 4 ]. In the United States and Canada, dietary supplements are regarded as a subgroup of foods and are controlled accordingly.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another Egyptian study illustrated that more than half of the participants of young Egyptian athletes (13-18 years old) use sports drinks (66.9%) and creatine (54.3%) [23]. Similarly, almost half of the DS users in Radwan et al study engaged in regular exercise for three hours daily [24]. Furthermore, non-smoking, as a healthy habit, was more common among DS users, where the majority of DS users in this study were nonsmokers [25].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 92%