植物性饮食和儿童成长
Rosan Meyer1, Jennifer Lp Protudjer2,3,4,5
1Department of Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
|March 25, 2025
概括
儿童的植物性饮食通常表现出可比的成长,但营养不良的风险更高. 在素食主义者或素食主义者的饮食中,专业指导是健康发展的关键.
科学领域:
- 儿童营养学 儿童营养学
- 饮食科学 饮食科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- EAT-Lancet委员会促进富含植物的饮食,以促进健康和可持续性.
- 全球对植物性饮食的兴趣越来越大,因为它对地球和健康有好处.
- 越来越需要了解植物性饮食对儿童发育的影响.
研究的目的:
- 审查植物性饮食对儿童生长参数的影响.
- 综合了近期观察性研究的发现,比较了儿科患者的植物性和万食性饮食.
主要方法:
- 2017年至2024年间发表的12项观察性研究的系统综述.
- 儿童生长参数 (身高,体重,BMI) 的比较 素食主义者,素食主义者和全食者饮食的儿童.
- 对评估植物性饮食后儿童营养结果的研究分析.
主要成果:
- 十项研究报告说,植物性饮食和食肉动物饮食之间没有显著的生长差异.
- 在植物性饮食的儿童中,观察到较低的生长参数趋势,包括营养不良和较低的超重率.
- 一项研究指出,素食饮食的儿童身材较矮,另一项研究报告说,素食母亲的婴儿出生体重较低.
结论:
- 在植物性饮食中,儿童的成长在很大程度上可以与植物性饮食相比较,尽管营养不良的风险较高.
- 专业的饮食建议对于确保植物性饮食儿童摄入足够的宏观和微量营养素至关重要.
- 合格的医疗保健专业人员对于支持素食或素食饮食的儿童健康成长至关重要.
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