USA:Teen Vegetarians Healthier than Meateating Teens

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>"Ashwini Kumar"

>Teen Vegetarians >Wed, 15 May 2002 20:18:33 -0400 > > > >. Study

Finds Teen Vegetarians Healthier Than Meat-EatersSource:

>http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/13/teen.vegetarians.reut/inde

>x.htmlWASHINGTON, USA, May 13, 2002: U.S. Researchers say vegetarian

>teenagers >have a healthier diet than their meat-eating counterparts. "It

seems >that >rather than viewing adolescent vegetarianism as a difficult phase

or >fad, >the dietary pattern could be viewed as a healthy alternative to the

>traditional American meat-based diet," epidemiologist Cheryl Perry >and

>colleagues wrote in Sunday's issue of the Journal Archives of >Pediatric

>Adolescent Medicine. They studied more than 4,500 teenagers in >Minnesota. Of

>them, about 262, or nearly 6 percent, said they were vegetarian. >They

>compared the diets of these teen to the Healthy People 2010 >recommendations,

>which are dietary targets issued by the US Department of Health and >Human

>Services. They include goals of getting less than 30 percent of >one's daily

>calories from fat and less than 10 percent of their calories from >saturated

>fat, eating more than two servings of fruit and three servings of >vegetables

>daily. "Overall, adolescent vegetarians were significantly more >likely to

>meet the dietary recommendations of Healthy People 2010," Perry's >group

>wrote. "Vegetarian adolescents, similar to their adult counterparts, >have

>dietary patterns that, if maintained, could significantly lower >their risk

>of the leading causes of death as adults," the researchers said. > Get your

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