U.S. News & World Report: Be Wary of Dietary Supplements
If a supplement sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Dietary supplements are big business. Last year, the U.S. market for dietary supplements was $27.6 billion, almost $10 billion more than we spend on athletic foot ware. According to a report by Grand View Research, the global market for dietary supplements will grow ten-fold to $278 billion by 2024.
But the more we learn about dietary supplements, the more public health questions they raise. Are dietary supplements safe? Are they effective? Who monitors manufacturing facilities, tests imported products and records adverse reactions?
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Professor of Community Health Sciences & Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Research
Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.
Dr. Michelle S. Keller is a health services researcher whose research focuses on the use and prescribing of high-risk medications.
EMPH Academic Program Director with expertise in healthcare marketing, finance, and reproductive health policy, teaching in the EMPH, MPH, MHA program
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