ReviewNutrients2023
Risk Assessment of Micronutrients Deficiency in Vegetarian or Vegan Children: Not So Obvious.
Review in Nutrients, 2023. 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 10 papers.
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Can Dietary Supplements be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Laboratory Monitoring of Nutritional Deficiencies in Children Following Restrictive Diets: A Narrative Review and Risk-Based Considerations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency in the Diagnostic Work-Up of Global Developmental Delay: A Treatable and Time-Sensitive Condition.Nutrients · 2026Review
- 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
- Trace Mineral Imbalances in Global Health: Challenges, Biomarkers, and the Role of Serum Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary Zn-Recent Advances in Studies on Its Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Fortification of Plant-Based Beverages to Enhance Their Nutritional Profile.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Characterising nutritional composition and labelling of packaged infant foods in Canada.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Association between provegetarian food patterns and micronutrient adequacy in preschoolers: the SENDO project.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- The Significance of Plant Nutrition in the Creation of the Intestinal Microbiota-Prevention of Chronic Diseases: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Optimization of Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin BMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Vegetarian diets have gained in popularity worldwide and therefore an increasing number of children may be exposed to the resulting nutritional consequences. Among them, the risk of micronutrient shortfall is particularly of concern. This narrative review aims to assess and discuss the relevance of micronutrient deficiency risk based on the available data. It mainly draws attention to iron, zinc, iodine, and vitamins B12 and D intake. Diets that are more restrictive in animal source foods, such as vegan diets, have a greater likelihood of nutritional deficiencies. However, the actual risk of micronutrient deficiency in vegetarian children is relatively difficult to assert based on the limitations of evidence due to the lack of well-designed studies. The risk of vitamin B12 deficiency must be considered in newborns from vegan or macrobiotic mothers and children with the most restrictive diet, as well as the risk of iron, zinc, and iodine deficiency, possibly by performing the appropriate tests. A lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet exposes a low risk if it uses a very varied diet with a sufficient intake of dairy products. Vegan and macrobiotic diets should be avoided during pregnancy and childhood. There is a need for education and nutrition guidance and the need for supplementation should be assessed individually.
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