Dietary supplements selected by young people exercising in fitness rooms in Kraków and environs

Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig. 2007;58(1):185-9.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of the use of dietary supplements among the young people exercising in fitness rooms in Krak6w and environs. In this study, 81% of the population used some form of dietary supplement; nutritional supplements were used by 21% of women and 60% of men, and were used most frequently by young people 21-25 years of age. The most popular supplement s were creatine, (20%) and HMB-beta-hydroxy-betamethylbutyrate (19%). Only 14% of the respondents asked for the opinion of qualified personnel, such as doctors, pharmacists or dieticians.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Creatine / therapeutic use
  • Decision Making
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / therapeutic use
  • Dietary Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Dietary Supplements / classification*
  • Dietary Supplements / statistics & numerical data
  • Doping in Sports / classification*
  • Doping in Sports / statistics & numerical data
  • Exercise*
  • Female
  • Fitness Centers*
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
  • Life Style
  • Male
  • Minerals / therapeutic use
  • Patient Selection*
  • Peer Group
  • Physical Fitness* / physiology
  • Poland
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Valerates / therapeutic use
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Dietary Proteins
  • Minerals
  • Valerates
  • Vitamins
  • beta-hydroxyisovaleric acid
  • Creatine