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Aim of study: to investigate food supplements (FS) usage and opinion about FS among Vilniaus universities students. Tasks: 1. To identify and assess food supplements prevalence rates between Vilnius universities students. 2. To identify causes of food supplements usage. 3. To identify and assess attitudes towards food supplements and factors determinig FS usage. 4. To identify students information sources about FS and the need of this information. Type of study: cross-sectional study Study object and methods: To investigate Vilnius universities students FS usage there was picked 3 universities (VU, VGTU, LEU). Research was made using anonymous questionnaire, which was made from 26 questions. In this research participated 1 – 4 bachelors and 1 – 2 masters degree students. All students were introduced to aim of this research, they was informed how to fill the questionnaire and why they are participating. In this research participated 385 students. Statistical data was analyzed with statistics package R Commaner, Microsoft Excel and Winpepi. Conventional methods of statistics were used to assess differences between sample groups. Conclusions: About 71,4 % students used FS. FS usage was higher among working students and students who had bigger than €170 monthly income comparing to students which don’t have jobs. The smallest FS users group was among those who live in dormitory. The most common reasons of FS usage were to prophylactically strengthen the body and to compensate the lack of vitamins in food. The most common reason why students don’t use FS is that FS are too expensive. Almost all students think that food supplements are effective. The most common information sources were the internet, doctors and pharmacists. Only 50 % students have enough information about FS. Students which used FS think that their diet is better than those who don’t use FS.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Raškevičius, Mindaugas,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stukas, Rimantas

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD20255607&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:20255607