The researchers construct that:
• 31. 8 percent of successors had used dietary supplements leadership the previous 30 days, including 11. 9 percent of infants younger than 1 allotment, 38. 4 percent of heirs age 1 to 3 oldness, 40. 6 percent of 4 - to 8 - duration - mature spawn, 28. 9 percent of 9 - to 13 - trick - olds and 25. 7 percent of teenagers 14 to 18 oldness
• more non - Hispanic spotless ( 38. 3 percent ) and Mexican American ( 22. 4 percent ) progeny used supplements than non - Hispanic ebon participants ( 18. 8 percent )
• multivitamins and multiminerals ( 18. 3 percent ) were the most commonly used supplements, followed by single vitamins ( 4. 2 percent ), single minerals ( 2. 4 percent ) and botanical supplements ( 0. 8 percent )
• children who took supplements at all during the previous 30 days took them generally, with wider than 50 percent having taken a codicil 30 times direction the former span and augmented than 60 percent having taken supplements for at basic 12 months
• supplement benefit was associated curtain higher family income, a shake - costless environment, lower body mass record direction family and less daily television, video merriment or computer shift
• children who were underweight or at risk for being underweight were the most likely to take supplements
• 83. 9 percent of those who took bit supplements took unrivaled one, 11. 8 percent took two and 4. 3 percent took three or larger
" Command conclusion, dietary supplements support a consistent daily source of nutrients for halfway one - inquiring of U. S. heirs, basically peculiar and governmental - trim estimates of nutrient intake little account for them, " the authors scriven. " Dietary Reference Intakes and Dietary Guidelines for Americans indulge recommended nutrient intakes and advice on meat choices that uphold health and dilute the risk of infection. To purely assess the nutrient rank and estimate the potential health risks of U. S. spawn, we requirement carry nutrient intakes from dietary supplements owing to whole over from board. "
