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Research Articles Supplement 1 · 2018 · pp. 55–70 · Issue page

NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS CONSUMPTION AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

LU
Lucretiu RADU1
MI
Mihaela VLADU2
DI
Diana CLENCIU3
CR
Cristina Gabriela ENE4
MA
Marcelina Gabriela MIHAI5
TI
Tiberiu Stefăniță ȚENEA-COJAN6
1 Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Nursing and Midwives, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
2 Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
3 Department of Metabolism and Nutrition Diseases, Municipal Clinical Hospital “Filantropia”
4 phD student , Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
5 Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
6 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 28 March 2026
Available Online 15 June 2018
Abstract
THE CATEGORY OF NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDE A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS FROM SIMPLE VITAMINS, MINERALS, VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMPLEXES TO COMPLEX FORMULAS OF SUBSTANCES WITH NUTRITIONAL OR PHYSICAL EFFECT. RELATIVELY RECENTLY INTRODUCED, THE „NATURAL SUPPLEMENT” CONCEPT BEGAN TO GROW EXPANSIVELY IN RECENT YEARS, ON THE ONE SIDE B ECAUSE OF THE MEDIA DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PROMOTING THESE PRODUCTS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASINGLY POLLUTING ENVIRONMENT THAT CAN INDUCE A MORE PRECARIOUS STATE OF HEALTH AND A LIFE -STYLE WITH THE SPECIFIC DAILY STRESS SINCE THE END OF TH E TWENTIETH CENTURY INVOLVED IN THE INCREASED PREVALENCE OF MANY DISEASES. IN 2017, THE RENOWNED PERSISTENCE RESEARCH MARKET (PMR) ANNOUNCED A MARKET SURVEY SHOWING THAT IN 2016 THE GLOBAL NATURAL HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS MARKET VALUE WAS ABOUT 37 BILLION US DOLLARS AND BY THE END OF 2024 THE FIGURE IS EXPECTED TO REACH ABOUT 70 BILLION US DOLLARS.
Keywords
NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS NUTRITION HEALTH MEDIA
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