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    Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in Healthy Pre-School Chinese Children in Australia and China

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    Open access
    Authors
    Chen, Shu
    Binns, Colin
    Maycock, Bruce
    Liu, Y.
    Zhang, Y.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chen, S. and Binns, C. and Maycock, B. and Liu, Y. and Zhang, Y. 2014. Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use in Healthy Pre-School Chinese Children in Australia and China. Nutrients. 6 (2): pp. 815-828.
    Source Title
    Nutrients
    DOI
    10.3390/nu6020815
    ISSN
    2072-6643
    School
    School of Public Health
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    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4312
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    There is a growing use of dietary supplements in many countries including China. This study aimed to document the prevalence of dietary supplements use and characteristics of Chinese pre-school children using dietary supplements in Australia and China. A survey was carried out in Perth, Western Australia of 237 mothers with children under five years old and 2079 in Chengdu and Wuhan, China. A total of 22.6% and 32.4% of the Chinese children were taking dietary supplements in Australia and China, respectively. In China, the most commonly used dietary supplements were calcium (58.5%) and zinc (40.4%), while in Australia, the most frequently used types were multi-vitamins/minerals (46.2%) and fish oil (42.3%). In Australia, “not working”, “never breastfeed”, “higher education level of the mother” and “older age of the child” were associated with dietary supplement use in children. In China, being unwell and “having higher household income” were significantly related to dietary supplement usage. Because of the unknown effects of many supplements on growth and development and the potential for adverse drug interactions, parents should exercise caution when giving their infants or young children dietary supplements. Wherever possible it is preferable to achieve nutrient intakes from a varied diet rather than from supplements.

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