Dietary supplement use children and adolescents by age U.S. 2017-2018 | Statista

This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who used select dietary supplements in the past 30 days in 2017-2018, by age group and product type. According to the data, multivitamin-minerals were the most common regardless of age group, with those in the 2 to 5 year old group having the highest prevalence of use.

Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who used select dietary supplements in the past 30 days in 2017-2018, by age group

Characteristic	Multivitamin-mineral	Single ingredient vitamin D	Single ingredient vitamin C	Probiotic	Melatonin	Omega-3 fatty acid	Botanical	Multivitamin
Under 2 years	11%	5.4%	1.1%	1.9%	0%	0.5%	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 5 years	34.6%	1.7%	2%	3.7%	1.4%	1.4%	0.5%	0.8%
6 to 11 years	29.5%	1.8%	2.4%	2%	1.3%	1.2%	0.3%	0.6%
12 to 19 years	17.3%	5.4%	4.2%	0.8%	1.5%	1.4%	2.1%	1.3%

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017 and 2018

Number of respondents

base: 3,683

Age group

19 years and younger

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

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