Position paper on vegetarian diets from the working group of the Italian Society of Human Nutrition

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1037-1052

  Agnoli, C ^a   Baroni, L ^b   Bertini, I ^c   Ciappellano, S ^d   Fabbri, A ^e   Papa, M ^c   Pellegrini, N ^f   Sbarbati, R ^c   Scarino, M L ^g   Siani, V ^c   Sieri, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Primary Care Unit District 4   (Italy)

^c Independent Researcher   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g Research Center on Agriculture and Economics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Nutritional status; Vegan diet; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMINATION; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SPINE FRACTURE; VEGAN DIET; VEGETARIAN DIET; AGE; AGED; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; HEALTHY DIET; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, VEGAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85034774363     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.10.020     Document Type: Article

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