Profiling Dietary Supplement Use: Current Data and Challenges
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Profiling Dietary Supplement Use: Current Data and Challenges
Office of Dietary Supplements ConferenceBioavailability of Nutrients and Other Bioactive Components of Dietary Supplements: Defining
the Research AgendaJanuary 5, 2000
James T. Heimbach, Ph.D., F.A.C.N.Mary M. Murphy, M.S., R.D.Judith S. Douglass, M.S., R.D.
ENVIRON International Corporation
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2 RecentPrivate Surveys
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“The Growing Self-CareMovement”
• Telephone survey of 1000 food shoppers
• Interviewing February-March, 1999
• Sponsored by Prevention Magazine and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
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“The Growing Self-CareMovement”
(Prevention/FMI Survey)
Products used to maintain health 1998 1999
OTC medications 85% 76%
Vitamins & minerals 67% 72%
Fortified foods NA 66%
Herbal remedies 28% 36%
Homeopathic remedies 15% 17%
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“The Growing Self-CareMovement”
(Prevention/FMI Survey)
Use to Use to prevent treat
coldscolds
Vitamins & minerals 60% 50%
Herbal remedies 32% 34%
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“Consumer Perceptions and Useof Vitamins & Herbal Products”
• Telephone survey of 2,000 individuals age 18+
• Interviewing winter, 1998-99
• Sponsored by Leiner Health Care Products (used by permission)
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“Consumer Perceptions and Useof Vitamins & Herbal Products”
(Leiner Health Care Products)
Take a vitamin supplement daily 55%– Multivitamin 45%– Vitamin C 24%– Vitamin E 22%– Vitamin A 3%– Zinc 5%– Iron 3%
Take an herbal product daily 14%– Ginkgo 6%– Ginseng 5%
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“Consumer Perceptions and Useof Vitamins & Herbal Products”
(Leiner Health Care Products)
Vitamin/ HerbalWhy take product Mineral Product
– General health 40% 41%
– Prevent illness 30% 20%
– Compensate for poor diet 26% --
– Improve energy -- 10%
– Improve memory -- 10%
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National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program
(NNMRRP)• Established by the National Nutrition
Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-445)
• Encompasses “the set of activities necessary to provide timely information about the role and status of factors that bear on the contribution that nutrition makes to the health of the people of the United States.”
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National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program:
Five Components
• dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements
• food consumption measurements• food composition measurements and nutrient
data banks• dietary knowledge and attitude measurements• food supply and demand determinations
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National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program:
Keystone Surveys
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (DHHS/CDC/NCHS)
• NHANES III, 1988-1994
• Nationwide Food Consumption Surveys (USDA/ARS)
• Continuing Surveys of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII 1994-96)
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National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program:
Other Major Surveys
• National Health Interview Surveys (DHHS/CDC/NCHS)
• Annual NHIS (since 1957)
• Split-sample design with variable modules
• Various surveillance surveys (DHHS/CDC)• Health and Diet Survey (DHHS/FDA)• Special surveys
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Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES III)• Period covered:
– Fall 1988 to Fall 1994
• Number of respondents:– 33,994 interviewed
– 31,311 examined
• Data obtained:– food consumption measurements (1 day)
– dietary, nutritional, and health status measurements
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Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES III)Key indicators:
– food & nutrient intakes
– body measurements
– hematological tests
– biochemical analyses of whole blood & serum
– blood pressures
– EKGs
– urine tests
– bone densiometry
– dental exams
– gallbladder ultrasonography
– cognitive & physical functioning
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1994-96 Continuing Surveys of Food Intakes by Individuals
(1994-96 CSFII)• Period covered:
– January 1994 to December 1996
• Number of respondents:– 16,103 provided Day-1 data
– 15,303 provided 2 days of data
• Data obtained:– food consumption measurements on two
nonconsecutive days
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Current Activities• NHANES IV
– similar to NHANES III– in field now– will become continuous
• 1998 CSFII Children’s Survey– January 1998 to December 1998– methodology similar to 1994-96 CSFII– interviewed 5,300 children birth to 9 years– summary data released December 1999– CD-ROMs available March 2000
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Future Plan: Unified NHANES/CSFII
• Scheduled to begin January 2001• Continuous survey• 10,000 respondents per year
– oversample African-American, Mexican-American, and low-income populations
– 5,000 CATIs providing 2 days of data– 5,000 CAPIs in the MECs providing 1 day of data; 10%
sub-sample providing 2 days
• CD-ROMs to be released approximately 15 months after completion of each year
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“… provide timely information …”
Time between surveys--
NHANES I:1971-74
NHANES II:1976-80
NHANES III:
1988-94
NHANES IV:
1999- ?
NFCS: 1977-78
CSFII: 1985-86
NFCS: 1987-88
CSFII: 1989-91
CSFII: 1994-96
CSFII: 2001- ?
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“… provide timely information …”
Time from completion of survey fieldwork to release of data--
Old standard: 2-? years
New standard: 14-15 months
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NutrientBioavailability
Not a priority ...
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Example:Iron Bioavailability
“Non-heme iron absorption from a meal containing meat, fish, or chicken is about 4 times greater than from equivalent portions of milk, cheese, or eggs.”
Rossander et al., 1979
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Enhancers and Inhibitorsof Iron Absorption
+ Ascorbic acid
+ Heme iron
+ Other meat factors
- Phytic acid
- Oxylates
- Polyphenols
- Calcium phosphate
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Proposed Research Paradigm
• Link data on enhancers and inhibitors in foods with USDA food codes
• Determine, for each eating occasion, the amount of non-heme iron as well as enhancers and inhibitors
• Employ iron absorption model to estimate the amount of bioavailable iron
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“… factors that bear on the contribution that nutrition makes…”
National data regarding consumer
use of dietary supplements--
• in CSFII
• in NHANES
• in NHIS
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Dietary Supplementsin CSFII
“How often, if at all, do you take any vitamin supplement in pill or liquid form? Would you say--– Every day or almost every day,– Every so often, or– Not at all?”
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Dietary Supplementsin CSFII
“Which of these types of supplements do you usually take?”– multivitamin
– multivitamin with iron or other minerals
– vitamin C and iron
– single vitamins or minerals (list)
“Do you take a fish oil supplement?”
“Do you take a fiber supplement?”
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Dietary Supplementsin NHANES
“Have you taken any vitamins or minerals in the past month?”
“How many vitamin or mineral products do you take?”
[list all supplements reported, ask to see container, record product name and
manufacturer or distributor]
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Dietary Supplementsin NHANES
“How often did you take [PRODUCT] in the past month?”
“How much [PRODUCT] did you take each time you took it?”
“For how long have you been taking this type of product?”
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Dietary Supplementsin NHIS
• Questions on use of vitamin and mineral supplements were included in 1987 and in 1992– “Have you taken any vitamin or mineral
supplement in the past year?”– Information was obtained on frequency of use
of multivitamins and a variety of specific vitamin or mineral supplements
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Challenge
little change
BIG EFFECT
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Challenge
Product Identification– Brand A
• formulation?
– Brand B• formulation?
– Brand X• ????????????
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Challenge
Product Characterization
Product Consistency
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ChallengeSurvey Respondent Burden
Necessary
Nice to know
Can’t put EVERYTHINGinto NHANES/CSFII!
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Recommendation
Examine critically the data needs for dietary supplement ingredients--– Detailed linkage with food/nutrient intake– General linkage with food/nutrient intake– No needed linkage with food/nutrient intake
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Some thoughts on taxonomy...
• Vitamins, minerals
• Other substances found primarily in foods
• Substances found in foods at low levels
• Substances not found in foods, but with known/suspected food/nutrient interactions
• Substances not found in foods and with no suspected food/nutrient interactions
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Estimated Usual Intake of IronDiet Alone v. Diet + Supplements
(Source: NHANES III)
Females by Age and P/L Status
0102030405060
Usu
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Inta
ke o
f Ir
on
(m
g)
Diet Alone
Diet +Supplements
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Estimated Usual Intake of IronDiet Alone v. Diet + Supplements
(Source: NHANES III)
Females Age 19-30 Years
020406080
100120
Percentile of Intake
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f Ir
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g)
Diet Alone
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Intake of Vitamin C From FoodsFemales Age 9+ (Source: NHANES III)
Dietary Vitamin C Intake
0%10%
20%30%
40%50%
60%70%
80%90%
100%
9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51-70 71+
Age
LO
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HI
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Use of Vitamin C SupplementsFemales Age 9+ (Source: NHANES III)
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51-70 71+
Age
HI
OK
LO
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Use of Vitamin C Supplementsby Dietary Vitamin C Intake
83.7 82.8 80.4
15.1 16.1 18.2
1.1 1.0 1.4
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Low Okay High
Single
Multiple
None
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Thank You!