Beyond Meat: A Comparison of the Dietary Intakes of Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian Adolescents

Autor: Gina Segovia-Siapco, Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, Sara Haddad Tabrizi, Joan Sabaté
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Nutrition, Vol 6 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-861X
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00086
Popis: Dietary intake of adult vegetarians from large prospective studies has been well-characterized but is rarely reported in vegetarian adolescents. Our objective was to describe and compare the dietary intake of vegetarian adolescents with their non-vegetarian counterparts in a population known to espouse healthy living. Adolescents (n = 534) aged 12–18 years old from middle and high schools near major Adventist universities in Michigan and Southern California provided dietary, demographic, and anthropometric data. Dietary intake was measured with a validated 151-item self-administered web-based food frequency questionnaire; weight and height were measured during school visits. Vegetarian was defined as the combined intake of meat, meat derivatives, poultry, and fish of
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