Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements
The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of dietary supplements (DS’s) and sport nutrition product (SNPs) among the general population, to identify differences for gender, age, and exercise frequency, and to determine the main reasons for use. The study was designed as a web-...
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| author | Floris Wardenaar Remko van den Dool Ingrid Ceelen Renger Witkamp Marco Mensink |
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| description | The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of dietary supplements (DS’s) and sport nutrition product (SNPs) among the general population, to identify differences for gender, age, and exercise frequency, and to determine the main reasons for use. The study was designed as a web-based questionnaire in a representative sample (n = 1544) of the Dutch population. Sixty-two percent (n = 957) of the respondents reported having used DS’s, SNPs, or both in the last twelve months. Women and older people reported the highest DS use. The highest use of SNPs was reported by regular exercising men and younger people with improving sporting performance as their main objective. Most frequently reported DS’s were multivitamins (28%) and vitamin C (19%)—for SNPs, energy drinks (22%) and isotonic drinks (19%). Health considerations were the most important motivation (DS’s 90% and SNPs 52%), but also performance was substantially reported (DS’s 14% and SNPs 35%). A substantial group of sedentary respondents also reported the use of SNPs. This study confirms that DS’s, SNPs, or both are widely used among the general population. Both health as performance are important reasons for use. It can be questioned whether the use of SNPs fits all respondents’ physical activity needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8a680d6a0b64336b37d33aedc291a792022-12-22T04:21:19ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632016-06-01423310.3390/sports4020033sports4020033Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary SupplementsFloris Wardenaar0Remko van den Dool1Ingrid Ceelen2Renger Witkamp3Marco Mensink4HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands<i>Mulier Instituut</i>, Utrecht 3584 AA, The NetherlandsHAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The NetherlandsWageningen University, Wageningen 6700 EV, The NetherlandsWageningen University, Wageningen 6700 EV, The NetherlandsThe purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of dietary supplements (DS’s) and sport nutrition product (SNPs) among the general population, to identify differences for gender, age, and exercise frequency, and to determine the main reasons for use. The study was designed as a web-based questionnaire in a representative sample (n = 1544) of the Dutch population. Sixty-two percent (n = 957) of the respondents reported having used DS’s, SNPs, or both in the last twelve months. Women and older people reported the highest DS use. The highest use of SNPs was reported by regular exercising men and younger people with improving sporting performance as their main objective. Most frequently reported DS’s were multivitamins (28%) and vitamin C (19%)—for SNPs, energy drinks (22%) and isotonic drinks (19%). Health considerations were the most important motivation (DS’s 90% and SNPs 52%), but also performance was substantially reported (DS’s 14% and SNPs 35%). A substantial group of sedentary respondents also reported the use of SNPs. This study confirms that DS’s, SNPs, or both are widely used among the general population. Both health as performance are important reasons for use. It can be questioned whether the use of SNPs fits all respondents’ physical activity needs.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/4/2/33nutritional supplementssports dieteticsexercisehealthperformance |
| spellingShingle | Floris Wardenaar Remko van den Dool Ingrid Ceelen Renger Witkamp Marco Mensink Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements Sports nutritional supplements sports dietetics exercise health performance |
| title | Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements |
| title_full | Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements |
| title_fullStr | Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements |
| title_short | Self-Reported Use and Reasons among the General Population for Using Sports Nutrition Products and Dietary Supplements |
| title_sort | self reported use and reasons among the general population for using sports nutrition products and dietary supplements |
| topic | nutritional supplements sports dietetics exercise health performance |
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