Table 1. Prevalence of dietary supplement use in young athletes.
Author, year N Age (yrs) Prevalence 3 Most Common Supplements (%)
Sobal and Marquart, 1994 742 High School
students
38% Vitamin C (25)
Mulivitamins (19)
Iron (11)
Kim and Keen, 1999 1,355 16-19 35.8% Vitamin C (41.2)
Multivitamins (27)
Calcium (10.7)
O'Dea, 2003 78 11-18 n/a Sports drinks (56.4)
Vitamin/minerals (48.7)
Energy drinks (42.3)
Ziegler et al., 2003 105 16 71% Multivitamin/mineral (M-61, F 83)
Herbals (M-44, F-48)
Multivitamin only ( F-42)
Protein bars (M-38)
Bell et al., 2004 333 13-19 n/a Multivitamin/minerals (42.5)
Protein (13.5)
Energizers (6)
Nieper, 2005 32 18 62% Multivitamins (45)
Vitamin C (35)
Iron (30)
Scofield and Unruh, 2006 139 14-19 22.3% Meal replacement protein (23.7)
Vitamin-minerals (19.4)
Creatine (16)