TY - JOUR AU - Covolo, Loredana AU - Capelli, Michela AU - Ceretti, Elisabetta AU - Feretti, Donatella AU - Caimi, Luigi AU - Gelatti, Umberto PY - 2013 DA - 2013/08/26 TI - Nutritional supplements for diabetes sold on the internet: business or health promotion? JO - BMC Public Health SP - 777 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Diabetes is one of the most widespread chronic disease. Although many medications are available for the treatment and prevention of diabetes, many people turn to nutritional supplements (NSs). In these years, the online sales have contributed to the growth of use of nutritional supplement. The aim of the research was to investigate the type of information provided by sales websites on NSs, and analyse the existence of scientific evidence about some of the most common ingredients found in available NSs for diabetes. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-777 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-777 ID - Covolo2013 ER -