Vegetarian children are nearly TWICE as likely to be underweight as those who eat meat, study finds - Daily Mail


5/2/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Luke Andrews

Canadian researchers tracked 9,000 children - including 250 vegetarians - for about three years. Those eating a plant-based diet were up to 94 per cent more likely to be underweight.

Vegetarian children are nearly twice as likely to be underweight as their meat-eating peers, a study has found. Researchers led by St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada, tracked 9,000 children in… [+3835 chars]

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