Nearly a quarter of young people make no distinction between dietary supplements and medications

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2020. 08. 24. 11:22

72 percent of young people are aware that food supplements are a supplement to the traditional diet, but 23.6 percent mistakenly classify these products as medicines and try these drugs on a large scale, according to the joint research of the National Anti-Counterfeiting Board ( HENT) and the TÁRKI Társadalomkutatási Intézet Zrt..

In the study sent to MTI on Monday, 500 people 18-30 year olds were interviewed. It was found that 66.2 percent of respondents had already taken some form of dietary supplement: 56.6 percent of 18-22 year olds and 64-26 year olds had 64, 4 percent, while 74.4 percent of the 27-30 age group have already taken such drugs. According to the survey, dietary supplements are more popular among women (73 percent) than among men (58.2 percent). (MTI)