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Plant-Based Diets Can Be Healthy for Children, Major Review Finds (vegnews.com)
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[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Most studies find that vegan diet is unhealthy to he children.

This is an opinion not a fact.

Physicians are becoming more involved in helping their patients adopt healthier lifestyles. Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet (which encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as all refined and processed foods). Research shows that these diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels, and may also reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3662288/

"Children reared as vegans can grow up to be normal children. There is no evidence that their intellectual functioning is impaired or that the vegan diet adversely affects their physical stamina."

https://sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net/10.1093/ajcn/48.3.822

"The results of the VeChi Youth Study confirms the position of several national nutrition or paediatric societies that a vegetarian, including a vegan, diet can meet the recommended nutrient requirements in childhood and adolescence."

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/5/1707

"In conclusion, our results indicate that a VG and VN diet in early childhood provides comparable amounts of energy and a macronutrient pattern in accordance with recommendations and can ensure normal growth, as there were no significant differences in proxy-reported anthropometrics compared to OM children of the same age."

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/4/832

[โ€“] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

How are you realistically going to supply vitamin D in sufficient quantities? What about Calcium? Or vitamin B12? On top of that vegans often have issues with supplying necessary amount of calories. It just happens I studied human nutrition and the mainstream scientific consensus is pretty clear: Don't do this. If you're 18-20 - be my guest, but for children vegan diet is harmful

[โ€“] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

your FOUR STUDIES are not "most studies"