Prevalence, reasons, and determinants of dietary supplements use among undergraduate female students of health and non-health colleges in a Saudi public university.
Md Ashraful IslamAseel Fuad Al-KarasnehMehwish RizviZeb-Un NisaAhmed Majed AlbakheetMohammed Abdullah AlshagawiMohammed Shahid IqbalAbdullah Isa AlmuzelHani Sadiq Al AfifMansour Adam MahmoudAlnada Abdalla Mohamed IbrahimMohammad Akbar HossainMuhammad Bilal MaqsoodAtta Abbas NaqviAbdul HaseebShazia Qasim JamshedPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Supplements were commonly used among female students at this university however, it was quite low as compared to students from other local and regional universities. Prevalence was higher in non-health colleges as compared to health colleges and the most commonly used supplements were brand products and, multivitamins, used for general health and well-being. This highlights the inclination of students towards supplement use.