Vitamins' and minerals' dietary supplements for children

• Main Authors: Miletić, Ivanka, Stanković, Ivan, Đorđević, Brižita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Društvo za ishranu Srbije, Beograd 2005
• Subjects: dietary supplements; vitamins and minerals; children; dijetetski suplementi; vitamini; mineralne supstancije; deca; sami
• Online Access: https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/642; https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_farfar_642

Dietary supplements are foodstuffs the purpose of which is to supplement the normal diet and which are concentrated sources of nutrients or other substances with a nutritional or physiological effect, marketed in dose forms (capsules, tablets, potions, etc) designed to be taken in measured small unit quantities. This food category is well regulated in USA, while in EU harmonization of the laws on food supplements of member states is not finished yet. Dietary supplements for children are specially prepared concerning both specific composition and adequate pharmaceutical formulation. Information and education of parents about constituents of these products, as well as of importance of supplementation of particular nutrients is very important that they can, alone or with the help of a pharmacist, choose most adequate dietary supplements that can fulfill specific nutritional requirements of their child. Dijetetski suplementi su namirnica koje dopunjuju normalnu ishranu I predstavljaju koncentrovane izvore nutrijenata (vitamina, mineralnih i drugih supstancija sa hranljivim Hi fiziološkim efektom), a u prometu su u doziranim farmaceutskim oblicima, dizajnirane da se uzimaju u odmerenim pojedinačnim količinama (kapsule, tablete, kapi i si). Ova kategorija namirnica je detaljno regulisana u SAD 1994. godine, a u EU harmonizacija propisa zemalja članica o dijetetskim suplementima još nije završena. U našoj regulativi ne postoji kategorija dijetetskih suplemenata. Dijetetski suplementi za odojčad i decu su posebno pripremljeni u pogledu specifičnog sastava hranljivih sastojaka i u pogodnom farmaceutskom obliku prilagođenom uzrastu, da bi deca mogla lako da ih konzumiraju. Potrebno je da roditelji budu dovoljno edukovani i pravilno informisani o sastojcima preparata i značaju suplementacije pojedinih nutrijenata da bi sami Hi uz pomoć farmaceuta u apoteci mogli da odaberu dijetetske suplemente koji ce najadekvatnije da zadovolje specifične potrebe njihovog deteta.