Too little, too late: Ineffective regulation of dietary supplements in the United States

R.R. Starr

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 3, 478-485

Abstract: Millions of people in the United States consume dietary supplements hoping to maintain or improve their health; however, extensive research has failed to demonstrate the efficacy of numerous supplements in disease prevention. In addition, concerns about the safety of routine and high-dose supplementation have been raised.

Keywords: adverse effects; advertizing; diet supplementation; food and drug administration; human; legislation and jurisprudence; marketing; practice guideline; product safety; standards; statistics and numerical data; United States, Advertising as Topic; Consumer Product Safety; Dietary Supplements; Guidelines as Topic; Humans; Marketing; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302348

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