Vegans and lacto-vegetarians have better metabolic measurements of obesity syndrome when compared with omnivores (SOR: B, single cohort study). Vitamin B 12 deficiency is a significant health risk of the vegan diet compared with a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet and omnivore diet (SOR: B, cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study).
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