Dietary supplement research portfolio at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (809.1)

The U.S. dietary supplement market increased 7.5% in 2012 compared to 2011, reaching $32.5 billion in sales. Therefore, federally supported research on dietary supplements is important to determine their health effects, safety and efficacy. A portfolio analysis was performed across the NIH and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) for the fiscal years 2009-2011, using the databases Human Nutrition Research information Management system (HNRIM) and Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements (CARDS). The results indicated that total NIH dietary supplement-related funding for FY 2009-2011was $855M ($295M in 2009, $311M in 2010, and $249M in 2011). The institutes and centers with the highest investment in dietary supplement research were: NHLBI ($135M), NCI ($188M), NCCAM ($99M), NIDDK ($68M), NIEHS ($58M), and ODS ($32M). The dietary supplement ingredients receiving the most funding were: botanicals (22%), vitamins (20%), lipids (14%), and minerals and trace elements (10%). The top three outcome re...