From: Dietary supplement use in elementary school children: a Japanese web-based survey
 | Number and percentage of supplement usersa | |
---|---|---|
n | (%) | |
Any type of dietary supplement | 333 | (6.8) |
 NVNMb | 248 | (5.0) |
  Amino acids or protein | 68 | (1.4) |
  n–3 fatty acids or fish oil | 54 | (1.0) |
  Botanicals | 38 | (0.8) |
  Probiotics | 47 | (1.0) |
  Others | 43 | (0.9) |
 VMb | 108 | (2.2) |
  Multivitamins-minerals | 41 | (0.8) |
  Multivitamins | 42 | (0.9) |
  Multi-minerals | 16 | (0.3) |
  Single vitaminc | 10 | (0.2) |
  Single minerald | 12 | (0.2) |