Study shows medical professionals use supplements
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A peer-reviewed study in the July 1 Nutrition Journal finds 72 percent of physicians and 89 percent of nurses use supplements, and 79 percent of physicians and 82 percent of nurses recommend them to patients. The study, which showed multivitamins were most commonly used, examined data from the Council for Responsible Nutrition's "Life...supplemented" Healthcare Professionals Impact Study (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 19, 2007). The authors -- CRN executive Andrew Shao, CRN past president Annette Dickinson and Ipsos Public Affairs Senior VP Nicolas Boyon -- say it may be "surprising that physicians and nurses are as likely as the general population" to use supplements "given the negative views sometimes expressed editorially in medical journals.
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