WHO TAKES DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS? All data comes from the 2016 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, conducted Aug. 24–30 by Ipsos Public Affairs and was funded by CRN. The survey was conducted online in English and included a national sample of 2,007 adults aged 18 and older living in the United States, including 1,430 among those who are considered supplement users. The survey has been conducted annually since 2000. The precision of Ipsos online polls are measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of +/- 2.5 percentage points for all respondents, and +/- 3.0 percentage points for supple- ment users. For more information, visit: www.crnusa.org/ConsumerSurvey SOURCE: Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) of U.S. ADULTS take dietary supplements. What else do we know about the American dietary supplement consumer? 71% 77% of U.S. adult women 65% of U.S. adult men 74% of adults with children in household 70% of adults age 18-34 70% of adults age 35-54 74% of adults age 55+ 74% of adults with income > $50K 75% of adults employed part-time 75% of adults in the West 74% of adult college grads 72% of adults employed full-time 69% of adults in the South 69% of adults in the Northeast 67% of adults with income < $50K 72% of retired adults 73% of adults in the Midwest 68% of adults without a college degree 67% of adults not employed 70% of adults without children in household
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WHO TAKES DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS?
All data comes from the 2016 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, conducted Aug. 24–30 by Ipsos Public Affairs and was funded by CRN. The survey was conducted online in English and included a national sample of 2,007 adults aged 18 and older living in the United States, including 1,430 among those who are considered supplement users. The survey has been conducted annually since 2000. The precision of Ipsos online polls are measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of +/- 2.5 percentage points for all respondents, and +/- 3.0 percentage points for supple-ment users. For more information, visit: www.crnusa.org/ConsumerSurvey SOURCE: Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
of U.S. ADULTS take dietary supplements.What else do we know about the American dietary supplement consumer?71%
of dietary supplement users take vitamins/minerals
97%
Top Reasons
WHO TAKES WHAT?77% of U.S. adult women and 65% of U.S. adult men take dietary supplements. Certain supplements skew more toward women’s use or men’s use, and some
skew older, some younger, as shown here from data on select supplements.
74% of U.S. adults over 55 years old and 70% of adults in the 18–34 and 35–54 year-old age groups take dietary supplements. Vitamin D skews older, with
43% of supplement users over 55 taking this nutrient, while protein skews younger.
VITAMIN D PROBIOTICS41%of female supplement users 16%
of female supplement users
32%of malesupplement users 10%
of malesupplement users
GINSENG
5%of female supplement users
12%of malesupplement users
CREATINE
3%of female supplement users
13%of malesupplement users
VITAMIN D TURMERIC
32%18–34
5%18–34
35%35–54
6%35–54
43%55+
FIBER
9%55+
18%35–54
21%18–34
PROTEIN
9%55+
16%35–54
22%18–349%
55+
70% of U.S. adults age18-34take supplements
70% of U.S. adultsage 35-54take supplements
74% of U.S. adultsage 55+ take supplements
FEMALE MALE
OLDER YOUNGER
77% of U.S. womentake supplements
65% of U.S. mentake supplements
WHERE DO SUPPLEMENT USERS BUY?
WHO DO THEY TRUST?
The 71% of U.S. adults who take dietary supplements purchase these products via a variety of channels. Here are the top five* places supplement users buy from:
*warehouse clubs and supermarkets tied
*physician assistants and nurse practitioners tied
These are the top five* sources supplement users trust for reliable information on dietary supplements: