Multivitamin/mineral Supplements - Change History

Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

July 17, 2024

View change — Updated the MVMs and Health section to add results from a 2024 cohort study that examined associations between MVM use and mortality risk.

February 15, 2024

Updated the MVMs and Health section to add results from the COSMOS-Clinic study, which examined the effects of MVM supplementation on cognitive function in older adults.

June 6, 2023

Updated the MVMs and Health section to add results from the COSMOS-Web study, which examined the effects of MVM supplementation on memory in older adults.

October 11, 2022

Updated the MVMs and Health section to add information about the COSMOS-Mind study, which investigated whether cocoa extract, MVM, or both might improve cognition in older participants.

July 14, 2022

Updated the MVMs and Health section and the Safety Issues section to add the results of the latest USPSTF review of nutrients to prevent cancer and CVD.

June 22, 2022

Added a paragraph about the COSMOS study in the subsection on Multiple outcomes in the MVMs and Health section.

June 2, 2022

Revised wording to reflect current scientific consensus that obesity is a disease.

February 8, 2022

Clarified text about a study that assessed the diets and use of MVMs in a large multiethnic cohort of 90,771 adults from Los Angeles and Hawaii.

October 12, 2021

This fact sheet was comprehensively reviewed and extensively revised.

March 26, 2021

Linked to and cited the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

October 17, 2019

Corrected the link for reference 44.