Psychodynamics of nutrition supplement use by elderly.

PSYCHODYNAMICS OF NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT USE BY ELDERLY

Forty to seventy-percent of elderly Americans use nutrition supplements--some in unnecessary megadoses. What and how many supplements they take, why some do or do not take them, the potential for toxicity, how much money is spent, and much more insightful information is provided in "Predictors of nutrition supplement use in the elderly, Part I: a review of the literature." Author Nancy Cotugna, DrPH, RD, points out that gender appears to be the most significant predictive factor with women being more frequent users than men. Part II: The role of beliefs, attitude, subjective norm and intention," examines motivational …