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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 353S-358SPublisher
AMER SOC NUTRITION-ASN
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.071233
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- NCI NIH HHS [1U01CA152939, U01 CA152939] Funding Source: Medline
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The Adventist Health Study 2 is a large cohort that is well suited to the study of the relation of vegetarian dietary patterns to health and disease risk. Here we review initial published findings with regard to vegetarian diets and several health outcomes. Vegetarian dietary patterns were associated with lower body mass index, lower prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus, lower prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its component factors, lower prevalence of hypertension, lower all-cause mortality, and in some instances, lower risk of cancer. Findings with regard to factors related to vegetarian diets and bone health are also reviewed. These initial results show important links between vegetarian dietary patterns and improved health.
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