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ARCHIVES DE PEDIATRIE
Volume 26, Issue 7, Pages 442-450Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2019.09.001
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Vegan; Children; Adolescents; Nutritional deficiencies
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The current craze for vegan diets has an effect on the pediatric population. This type of diet, which does not provide all the micronutrient requirements, exposes children to nutritional deficiencies. These can have serious consequences, especially when this diet is introduced at an early age, a period of significant growth and neurological development. Even if deficiencies have less impact on older children and adolescents, they are not uncommon and consequently should also be prevented. Regular dietary monitoring is essential, vitamin B-12 and vitamin D supplementation is always necessary, while iron, calcium, docosahexaenoic acid, and zinc should be supplemented on a case-by-case basis. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of French Society of Pediatrics.
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