BACKGROUND To investigate the prevalence of obesity and diabetes among adult men and women in India consuming different types of vegetarian diets compared with those consuming non-vegetarian diets. METHODS We used cross-sectional data of 156,317 adults aged 20-49 years who participated in India's third National Family Health Survey (2005-06). Association between types of vegetarian diet (vega...

Nurture’ and ‘nature’ interact to produce myopia. This study probed the relation of myopia with the type of diet i.e. vegetarian or non-vegetarian, in young adults in India. One hundred forty eight young adults were tested for myopia and the odds of the vegetarian and non-vegetarian participants being affected were calculated. These were subjected to test of statistical significance. We report ...

Although vegetarian nutrition is a complex issue, the multidimensionality and interrelatedness of its effects are rarely explored. This article aims to demonstrate the complexity of vegetarian nutrition by means of the nutrition ecological modeling technique NutriMod. The integrative qualitative cause-effect model, which is based on scientific literature, provides a comprehensive picture of veg...

Vegetarians consume more nutrient-dense diets, have lower body mass indexes (BMIs), and most have less chronic disease than non-vegetarians. The diet seems appealing but it is important to consider the caloric contribution of vegetarian proteins. We assigned 28 g of protein as the ideal intake for a single meal. Next we determined the corresponding number of calories for 33 commonly consumed ve...

Vegetarian dietary patterns have been reported to be associated with a number of favourable health outcomes in epidemiological studies, including the Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2). Such dietary patterns may vary and need further characterisation regarding foods consumed. The aims of the present study were to characterise and compare the food consumption patterns of several vegetarian and non...

BACKGROUND The present study investigated associations between vegetarian diet and mental disorders. METHODS Participants were drawn from the representative sample of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey and its Mental Health Supplement (GHS-MHS). Completely vegetarian (N = 54) and predominantly vegetarian (N = 190) participants were compared with non-vegetarian participants (N ...

Vegetarians, those who avoid meat, and vegans, additionally avoiding dairy and eggs, represent 5% and 2%, respectively, of the US population. The aim of this review is to assess the effects of vegetarian diets, particularly strict vegetarian diets (i.e., vegans) on health and disease outcomes. We summarized available evidence from three prospective cohorts of Adventists in North America: Advent...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Cardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death for patients on chronic dialysis. End stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis imposed to reduce phosphorus intake, which likely contributes to development of vegetarian diet behaviors. Vegetarian diets are often lower in protein content, in contradiction to the recommendation that a high protein diet ...

BACKGROUND Although vegan-vegetarian diets are increasingly popular, no recent systematic reviews on vegan-vegetarian diets in pregnancy exist. OBJECTIVES To review the literature on vegan-vegetarian diets and pregnancy outcomes. SEARCH STRATEGY PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane library were searched from inception to September 2013 for pregnancy and vegan or vegetarian Medical Subject Headi...

OBJECTIVE To determine motivation and feeding practices of people who feed their cats vegetarian diets as well as taurine and cobalamin status of cats consuming vegetarian diets. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. ANIMALS 34 cats that had been exclusively fed a commercial or homemade vegetarian diet and 52 cats that had been fed a conventional diet for > or = 1 year. PROCEDURES Participants we...