Online ISSN: 2515-8260

ASSESSMENT OF THE PREVALENCE OF USING DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AMONG PHYSICALLY ACTIVE ADULTS IN MAKKAH ALMUKARRAMAH2019

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Abdulrahman Saleh Alaql , khalid Nassir Ahmed Balbaid , Ahmad Sami Alnajjar , Ahmed Muslem Almehmadi , Ahmed Awadh Salem Alghamdi , FaizHamed Althobaiti , Mazen Muslim Muhammad AlMatrafi , Ammar Abdulhaq Ahmed Alshaikh, HamdanKallabAabdan Alqurashi , Mohammed JaberJobaier Al Omairi

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Background: Adequate nutrition is essential for maintaining health and well-being. Apart from nutrition intake through diet, supplement use is prevalent worldwide, supplements are commonly used to replenish the body with essential nutrients that are important in regulating the body’s metabolic processes, The use of supplements, which may be defined as multi-vitamins, single vitamins, single minerals, herbal supplements, oil supplements and any other dietary supplementation, the economic boom in Saudi Arabia indirectly, prompted the use of dietary supplements in the last two decades. Must to investigate the prevalence of dietary supplement use and its association with socio demographic. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a fast growing economic country that has affected its general population in various ways including a transition in daily lifestyle patterns and dietary intake habits.

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