SynthesisNutrients2022
Do Vegetarian Diets Provide Adequate Nutrient Intake during Complementary Feeding? A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06669819 (Can Dietary Supplements be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Can Dietary Supplements be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Vegan diet and nutritional status in infants, children and adolescents: A position paper based on a systematic search by the ESPGHAN Nutrition Committee.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Nutrient Intake and Status in Children and Adolescents Consuming Plant-Based Diets Compared to Meat-Eaters: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Optimal Intake of Animal-Source Foods: A Scoping Review to Inform a New WHO Guideline.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Article
- Can Dietary Supplements Be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy, and Early Childhood? The VedieS Study Protocol for an Explorative, Quantitative, Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- QTL mapping and whole-genome sequencing analysis for novel genetic resources associated with sucrose content in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.].TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2025Article
- Vegetarian Diets During Complementary Feeding: An Overview of Nutritional and Health Features.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Considering the nutritional benefits and health implications of red meat in the era of meatless initiatives.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Nutrient-dense foods and diverse diets are important for ensuring adequate nutrition across the life course.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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- Complementary Feeding: Tradition, Innovation and Pitfalls.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Complementary Feeding Practices: Recommendations of Pediatricians for Infants with and without Allergy Risk.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Diet-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Well-Being in Adolescents with a Vegetarian Lifestyle.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Parental Nutritional Knowledge and Type of Diet as the Key Factors Influencing the Safety of Vegetarian Diets for Children Aged 12-36 Months.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Assessment of Oxidant and Antioxidant Status in Prepubertal Children following Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diets.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Vegan diets from an allergy point of view - Position paper of the DGAKI working group on food allergy.Allergologie select · 2023Article
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16 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
During the complementary feeding period, any nutritional deficiencies may negatively impact infant growth and neurodevelopment. A healthy diet containing all essential nutrients is strongly recommended by the WHO during infancy. Because vegetarian diets are becoming increasingly popular in many industrialized countries, some parents ask the pediatrician for a vegetarian diet, partially or entirely free of animal-source foods, for their children from an early age. This systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence on how vegetarian complementary feeding impacts infant growth, neurodevelopment, risk of wasted and/or stunted growth, overweight and obesity. The SR was registered with PROSPERO 2021 (CRD 42021273592). A comprehensive search strategy was adopted to search and find all relevant studies. For ethical reasons, there are no interventional studies assessing the impact of non-supplemented vegetarian/vegan diets on the physical and neurocognitive development of children, but there are numerous studies that have analyzed the effects of dietary deficiencies on individual nutrients. Based on current evidence, vegetarian and vegan diets during the complementary feeding period have not been shown to be safe, and the current best evidence suggests that the risk of critical micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies and growth retardation is high: they may result in significantly different outcomes in neuropsychological development and growth when compared with a healthy omnivorous diet such as the Mediterranean Diet. There are also no data documenting the protective effect of vegetarian or vegan diets against communicable diseases in children aged 6 months to 2-3 years.
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