October 2005

NIH issues annual bibliography of
dietary supplement research

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced the release of the 2004 issue of the Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research.

This sixth issue of the bibliography includes abstracts of the 25 most noteworthy dietary supplement research papers published in 2004, as judged by an international team of reviewers.

This is the first issue of the bibliography to highlight research on phenolics and flavonoids — compounds found in plant foods such as berries, grains, and tea — reflecting growing interest in these substances and their potential health effects.

With more than half of Americans taking dietary supplements, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), highlighting important research in the field is a priority for the ODS:

In addition to the papers on phenolics and flavonoids, the bibliography includes papers on antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, botanicals, fatty acids, and other ingredients contained in dietary supplements. More than 325 original research articles were nominated for inclusion, from 53 peer-reviewed journals.

An international team of 49 expert reviewers in the fields of nutrition, botanical sciences, and public health reviewed and ranked the articles and the top 25 were selected for the bibliography.

This year’s issue was released at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Dietetic Association in St. Louis, Missouri. In addition, ODS and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists presented new data on dietary supplement use from the 2001–02 NHANES and other ODS-funded research.

Copies of the Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research 2004 may be downloaded from the ODS Web site at http://ods.od.nih.gov/Research/Annual_Bibliographies.aspx.

Single copies may also be requested by e-mail (ods@nih.gov), or by writing to the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd, Rm. 3B01, MSC 7517, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7517, USA.

Additional information is available at www.nih.gov/icd/od.

Source: National Institutes of Health, www.nih.gov/news.

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