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Understanding Dietary Supplements: Importance of Accurate Measurement and Public Health Impact

This summary highlights the significant exposure to dietary supplements, with over 50% of the U.S. population engaging with them, amounting to an $18 billion industry. Despite their prevalence, the public health impact remains largely unknown. To address this, validated tools and databases are needed to accurately document and quantify supplement intakes and exposures. The ultimate goal is to enhance research on the role of dietary supplements in health, disease prevention, and overall well-being, while ensuring the information is accessible to the public.

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Understanding Dietary Supplements: Importance of Accurate Measurement and Public Health Impact

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    1. Dietary Supplements Database Update Johanna T Dwyer, D.Sc. Office of Dietary Supplements NIH

    2. DSID 2 Rationale Dietary supplement exposure is high: >50% $18 billion/yr Public health impact unknown Tools to validly document and quantify intakes lacking A recent report of the USDHHS Inspector Generl found that 70% of the US population had tried suppelemnts. A recent report of the USDHHS Inspector Generl found that 70% of the US population had tried suppelemnts.

    3. DSID 3 Needed to quantify exposure/public health impact of dietary supplements: Validated/standardized instruments to collect data Composition of dietary supplements Validated tools to analyze data Validated approaches to merge with dietary intakes to obtain total intakes

    4. DSID 4 Need for DSID Accurate measurement of intakes and exposures requires: Databases of DS labels (NCHS/CDC) and ingredients (USDA) Methods and reference materials program DS databases not yet based on analytical data Amounts of ingredients in DS unknown except for label claims

    5. DSID 5 Ultimate Goal for Dietary Supplement Databases Use improved databases to research role of dietary supplements in optimal physical and mental health disease prevention, risk factor reduction effects on biological systems, and physiological impact across life cycle Make available to public Reach out and inform public

    6. DSID 6

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