Characteristics of Americans Choosing Vegetarian and Vegan Diets for Health Reasons

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 561-567.e1

  Cramer, Holger ^a,b   Kessler, Christian S ^c,d   Sundberg, Tobias ^b,e   Leach, Matthew J ^b,f   Schumann, Dania ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Lauche, Romy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Immanuel Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet; prevalence; survey; vegan; vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; VEGAN DIET; VEGETARIAN DIET; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021819815     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2017.04.011     Document Type: Article

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