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The quality of information on top selling dietary supplements on the internet in the Czech Republic
Baudischová, Lenka ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
THE QUALITY OF TOP SELLING DIETARY SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Student: Lenka Baudischová Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Specialist: Ing. Katka Kvízová Dept. Of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic CONTEXT: Dietary supplements in recent years become part of the daily diet considerable part of the population of all European countries. According to the survey of 2015 internet purchases through OTC drugs and dietary supplements people buys more than two fifths of the internet population aged 15-59. The internet is often used by consumers as a source of information. If people buy a dietary supplement on the internet they get all information about a dietary supplement is from the web sites. OBJECTIVE: To assess quality of information presented on the Internet for the top selling dietary supplements from the clinical and regulatory point of view. METHODS: We searched the Internet using the 3 most commonly used search engines in the Czech Republic - Seznam, Google and Centrum starting July of 2015 till November of 2015. One-hundred top selling dietary supplements in the Czech Republic in 2014 were extracted from IMS Health database. Dietary supplement information was evaluated from the...
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The quality of information on top selling dietary supplements on the internet in the Czech Republic
Baudischová, Lenka ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
THE QUALITY OF TOP SELLING DIETARY SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Student: Lenka Baudischová Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Specialist: Ing. Katka Kvízová Dept. Of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic CONTEXT: Dietary supplements in recent years become part of the daily diet considerable part of the population of all European countries. According to the survey of 2015 internet purchases through OTC drugs and dietary supplements people buys more than two fifths of the internet population aged 15-59. The internet is often used by consumers as a source of information. If people buy a dietary supplement on the internet they get all information about a dietary supplement is from the web sites. OBJECTIVE: To assess quality of information presented on the Internet for the top selling dietary supplements from the clinical and regulatory point of view. METHODS: We searched the Internet using the 3 most commonly used search engines in the Czech Republic - Seznam, Google and Centrum starting July of 2015 till November of 2015. One-hundred top selling dietary supplements in the Czech Republic in 2014 were extracted from IMS Health database. Dietary supplement information was evaluated from the...
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The quality of information on top selling dietary supplements on the internet in the Czech Republic
Baudischová, Lenka ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
THE QUALITY OF TOP SELLING DIETARY SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Student: Lenka Baudischová Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Specialist: Ing. Katka Kvízová Dept. Of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic CONTEXT: Dietary supplements in recent years become part of the daily diet considerable part of the population of all European countries. According to the survey of 2015 internet purchases through OTC drugs and dietary supplements people buys more than two fifths of the internet population aged 15-59. The internet is often used by consumers as a source of information. If people buy a dietary supplement on the internet they get all information about a dietary supplement is from the web sites. OBJECTIVE: To assess quality of information presented on the Internet for the top selling dietary supplements from the clinical and regulatory point of view. METHODS: We searched the Internet using the 3 most commonly used search engines in the Czech Republic - Seznam, Google and Centrum starting July of 2015 till November of 2015. One-hundred top selling dietary supplements in the Czech Republic in 2014 were extracted from IMS Health database. Dietary supplement information was evaluated from the...
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Nutrition and health claims on food packaging
Laštovičková, Jitka ; Pejšová, Hana (advisor) ; Zlatohlávek, Lukáš (referee)
Food producers must provide food packaging with a mandatory nutrition label in conformity with the contemporary food legislation of the Europian Union. There have been several changes of the legislation in last 10 years. Moreover new rules for providing the health and nutrition claims on food packaging have been issued. Main objectives were to unite legislation valid in the European Union and also to protect the rights of customers. This diploma thesis focuses on nutrition and health claims on food packaging. The aim of the thesis is to summarize changes and current state of legislation on nutrition and health claims on food packaging and also to explore patients' awareness of nutrition and health claims. To analyse the theme of the research the quantitative method was used in a form of a questionnaire given to the patients, who are visiting a dietician. There were 83 patients, who participated in research, 80 questionnaires were analysed (3 questionnaires were not filled in properly, therefore they were not included). Most of the respondents think, that information in nutrition labels on food packaging are true and trustworthy. Respondents also read a nutrition label of food, when buying it for the first time. Most of the respondents have sought the information about health and nutrition claims on...
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The quality of information on top selling dietary supplements on the internet in the Czech Republic
Baudischová, Lenka ; Pokladníková, Jitka (advisor) ; Marešová, Helena (referee)
THE QUALITY OF TOP SELLING DIETARY SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Student: Lenka Baudischová Tutor: PharmDr. Jitka Pokladníková, Ph.D. Specialist: Ing. Katka Kvízová Dept. Of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic CONTEXT: Dietary supplements in recent years become part of the daily diet considerable part of the population of all European countries. According to the survey of 2015 internet purchases through OTC drugs and dietary supplements people buys more than two fifths of the internet population aged 15-59. The internet is often used by consumers as a source of information. If people buy a dietary supplement on the internet they get all information about a dietary supplement is from the web sites. OBJECTIVE: To assess quality of information presented on the Internet for the top selling dietary supplements from the clinical and regulatory point of view. METHODS: We searched the Internet using the 3 most commonly used search engines in the Czech Republic - Seznam, Google and Centrum starting July of 2015 till November of 2015. One-hundred top selling dietary supplements in the Czech Republic in 2014 were extracted from IMS Health database. Dietary supplement information was evaluated from the...
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Consumer protection in the food supplements area
Luptáková, Marcela ; Vavrečka, Jan (advisor) ; Grmelová, Nicole (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is the Consumer protection in the food supplements area. The work has been devided into three parts. The first part is devoted to the overview about categorization of the products with the impact on health. This part of this work also includes the elementary terms, which are: food, food supplements, medicinal products, cosmetics products and medical devices. The second chapter is devoted to the matter of food supplements as such. The third chapter deals with the terms health and nutrition claims. The last chapter includes the survey between the consumers of the food suplements and also the survey between the pharmacies.
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Food from the perspective of nutrition and health claims
SOBÍŠKOVÁ, Gabriela
The work has been collected basic information on nutrition labeling and health claims in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of their importance for consumers. The main aim of this thesis was to determine the attitude of consumers to the information provided. How are food consumers familiar with these concepts, how they are perceived and whether they are clear and understandable information on the packaging. Subsequently, it was analyzed how selected companies applied nutrition and health claims on the packaging of their products and if they are beneficial for them.
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