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ADULTS THAT

CONSUME HEALTH

SUPPLEMENTS

Prepared by Nur Firdhaus

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INTRODUCTION

Background of Health Supplements

Known as dietary supplement, food supplements ornutritional supplements.

Intended to supplement the diet and provide nutrients, such

as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, or amino acids.

Included as a category of food in the Codex Alimentarius, a

collection of internationally recognized standards.

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Term of Reference

This report is about health supplement.

The date when the report was requested was on the 15th January

2011.

The report was requested by Dr. Too Wei Keong.

The report was prepared by Nur Firdhaus bt Mohamad Alayuddin.

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Purpose and Scope

The purpose of this report is to investigate whether people do take

health supplement in their daily life.

Thirty respondents ranging from ages twenty years old and above

were selected for the survey.

Of the thirty respondents, twenty of them were females and ten were

males.

These respondents comprised of family and colleagues.

The survey was limited to Shah Alam and Putrajaya areas.

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Method

The background information was obtained from the internet source.

The report was based on adults that took health supplement in their

daily life.

The respondents were selected on an age basis ranging from twenty

years old and above.

The respondents were given questionnaires and were asked to

complete the questionnaires on the spot.

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Findings

Figure 1 shows the awareness of health supplement among 30 people

who took part in the survey. About 67% of female respondents

stated that they are aware of existence of health supplement.

Whereas, 33% of male respondents stated that they are also aware of

the existence of the health supplement product.

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Figure 2

Figure 2 is about people who are consuming health supplement in their

daily life. About 86% of female respondents consume health supplement

and only 14% of male respondents that consume health supplement. The four

respondents who did not consume health supplement are all male respondents.

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Figure 3 : Reasons for consuming Health Supplement

Figure 3 shows how many people are consuming health supplement because of health

and beauty or both. Most of them are taking health supplement because of health and

beauty. There are about 18 people that consume health supplement because of both

reasons. There are about 4 people that took health supplement because of health andonly 2 people who take it because of beauty. The remaining 6 respondents did not

consume any health supplement.

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Figure 4

Figure 4 shows the effect of taking health supplement in daily life. 67% people said

that after consuming health supplement on a daily basis, they found that their health had

improved tremendously. Therefore, they stated that consumption of health supplement

has made them felt very good. Another 33% of the respondents said that they felt good

after consuming health supplement. Overall, it can be concluded that consuming health

supplement will help improve health.

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CONCLUSION

It can be concluded that all of the respondents that took part in the survey, were

aware of the existence of health supplement.

Most of the respondents were consuming health supplement in their daily life.

Only a few did not consume health supplement.

Majority of the respondents consume health supplement for both reasons that

are beauty and health.

The remaining of the respondents either chose health or beauty as their reason.

Most of the respondents that took health supplement felt very good after

consuming it.

The rest of the respondent stated that they felt good after taking it.

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RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that everybody should consume health

supplement as part of their daily life because; it promote good blood circulation

helps to boost body immune system

improves health quality,

increase energy and vitality.

Most important of all it supplements what is lacking in the food

intakes.

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THE END