... Abstract The prevalence of restrictive diets, mainly vegetarian and vegan, is markedly on the increase in Europe and other Western countries. In young children and adolescents, not only weight and height but also neurocognitive and psychomotor development are all strongly influenced...

... Vegetarian diet Vegan diet Nutrient deficiencies Key Messages Carefully planned vegetarian diets can provide sufficient energy, protein, and nutrients for all stages of childhood growth and development. Very restrictive or unbalanced vegetarian diets can result in failure...

... blogs, YouTube, magazines, websites, and academic literature. As such, there has been new evidence on the prevalence of different diet types, such as vegan, plant-based, and paleo, while people are becoming increasingly interested in such dieting “fads” for their children, there are mixed reviews...

... with a lower prevalence of obesity in adults and children; therefore, moving towards a vegetarian diet in childhood may help prevent obesity later in life. The VeChi study in Germany found that on average vegetarian and vegan children grew equally well as omnivorous children. It is important to ensure...

...References References 1. Federal Commission for Nutrition (FCN). Vegan Diets: Review of nutritional benefits and risks. Expert report of the FCN. Bern: Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, 2018. 2. www.demoscope.ch/fileadmin/files/medienberichte...

... of a better B12 status for their future infants. Results from this intervention are not yet available. Vitamin B12 deficiency was also a core issue in the fourth talk by Pascal Müller [ 4 ]. It was on vegan diet in young children. There is a rapid increasing trend in Europe with more and more families...

... Vegetarian diet Vegan diet Nutrient deficiencies Key Messages • Carefully planned mixed vegetarian diets (with milk and eggs) can provide sufficient energy, protein and nutrients for all stages of childhood growth and development • Very restrictive or unbalanced vegetarian diets...

... patterns, development, and health: an extensive narrative review. Children (Basel). 2022 Jul 18;9(7):1072. 16. Kiely ME. Risks and benefits of vegan and vegetarian diets in children. Proc Nutr Soc. 2021 Jan 28;80(2):159–64. 17. Craig WJ, Mangels AR, Fresán U, Marsh K, Miles FL, Saunders AV, et al...

... or poultry, through to vegans who avoid all animal-derived foods or ingredients (e.g. gelatin, honey, and vitamin D 3 ) and may also avoid the use of any animal products (e.g. leather, wool, silk, down). Table 1 Foods included in and excluded from vegetarian diets The nutritional implications...

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... be incomplete. Cow’s milk and dairy products are other important dietary sources of iodine for children, thanks to fortified cow fodder [ 34 ]. Children following a vegan diet excluding dairy products may have low iodine intake. The concentration of iodine in breastmilk is strongly associated with the iodine...

.... Chittaranjan Y: Vitamin B12: An Intergenerational Story. In: Michaelsen KF, Neufeld LM, Prentice AM (eds): Global Landscape of Nutrition Challenges in Infants and Children. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. Basel, Karger, 2020, vol 93, pp 91–102. 4. Müller P: Vegan Diet in Young Children. In: Michaelsen KF...

... and precision. Sustainability was also a prominent topic for discussion. There has already been a shift towards more plant-based diets in many countries, meaning that the number of children brought up with flexitarian, vegetarian, or vegan diets is likely to increase over the coming years. This presents...

... Institute of Child Nutrition question whether the specific dietary requirements in childhood can be safely met, particularly with vegan diets. Remarkably, in the course of restricting food groups of animal origin, only those nutrients that are already critical in an optimized omnivorous food pattern...

... on linear growth. Cow’s milk is an important source of vitamin B12, and the consequences and recommendations regarding a vegan diet without milk are presented. Low vitamin B12 levels are found in diets of many rural Indian populations and the effects through the life course was the next chapter. The session...

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