Body composition analysis for healthy Italian vegetarians

Siani, Virginie; Mohamed, Ehab I.; Maiolo, C.; Daniele, Nicola Di; Rațiu, Adrian; Leonardi, Angelo; Lorenzo, Antonino De

doi:10.1007/s00592-003-0091-1

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“…Most of the studies conducted with vegetarians do not mention BMI lowest values, but in one study [22] conducted with vegetarian and no vegetarian women about 17% of all participants had BMI lower than 20, and the distribution was similar in both groups. Usually [23][24][25] vegetarian men's BMI is higher or similar to women's, but this was not found in this research in accordance to only one previous study [26].…”

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Zinc and Selenium Nutritional Status in Vegetarians

Bortoli

Cozzolino

2008

Biol Trace Elem Res

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A vegetarian diet may have beneficial effects on human health, however when it is not well-balanced may be deficient in some nutrients, as minerals for example. The aim of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of zinc and selenium in vegetarians in the city of São Paulo. A cross-sectional study was performed, and the inclusion criteria were age > or = 18 years, both gender, no use of food or pharmaceutical supplements. Thirty vegetarian, of both genders, mean age of 27 years and 4.5 years of vegetarianism had performed the study, and their mean BMI was 21.5. Zinc plasma concentration was 71 and 62.5 microg/dL for men and women and erythrocyte concentration was 37 microg/gHb for both genders. Selenium concentration was 73.5 and 77.3 microg/L in plasma and 51.4 and 66.9 microg/L in erythrocytes for men and women, respectively. These biochemical values show that, according to the references, selenium blood levels are adequate and zinc concentration in erythrocytes is deficient in the studied population. For this reason, vegetarians should be constantly assessed and receive nutritional support to reduce the effects of inadequate zinc status.

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Zinc and Selenium Nutritional Status in Vegetarians

Bortoli

Cozzolino

2008

Biol Trace Elem Res

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“…Furthermore, although vegans in this study had a very low intake of dietary calcium (375 g/day) compared to omnivores (683 g/day), there was no correlation between calcium intakes and BMD. We also found no difference in either lean mass or fat mass between vegetarians and omnivores, and this finding is consistent with a recent study on 20 vegans and ten omnivorous individuals of Caucasian background [23]. Thus, our and others' data suggest that veganism does not induce any adverse change in body composition.…”

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Veganism, bone mineral density, and body composition: a study in Buddhist nuns

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Nguyen

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Osteoporos Int

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“…Despite these consistently-observed differences in BMI between vegetarians and non-vegetarians, obesity is common among some populations that follow largely vegetarian diets, such as Indians living in the UK 15 and in India 16 . Regarding body composition, in one comparative study on anthropometric and metabolic indexes among Italian male and female, no significant differences between groups were found in terms of hand grip and back strength, suggesting that there was no association between vegetarian diet and body composition 17 . However, in the present study, we found that the grip strength was statistically significantly higher among the non-vegetarian groups as compared to the vegetarian groups.…”

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Diet preference with regional variation of body mass index and hand grip strength of Indian females

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Introduction: Nutritional content of diet of vegetarian and non-vegetarian differs in terms of food composition and vegetarian diets are often low in protein, probably causing a difference in body composition, structure and strength characteristics. Purpose of study: To study anthropometric, body composition and hand strength differences among 641 vegetarian and 424 non-vegetarian Indian women, aged 20-60 yrs. Methods: ANOVA, t-test, multivariable stepwise regression and logistic regressions were performed to analyse association between BMI, hand grip strength and potential confounders using SPSS Version 17 for Windows. p < 0.05 referred to as statistically significant. Results: Vegetarians had less body fat than non-vegetarians. Statistically significant difference was found in their grip strength (GS) (t = 2.459, p < 0.05) and BMI (t = 2.188, p < 0.05). Height and weight were positively associated with grip strength in the vegetarian group while height and fat free mass were seen to be positively associated with grip strength in the non-vegetarian group. Grip strength was greater in non-vegetarian group and the vegetarians had lower BMI (25.33 kg/mt 2 ± 4.56) than nonvegetarians (25.95 kg/mt 2 ± 4.45, t-test = 2.188, p<0.05). Conclusion: Those with greater grip strength (non-vegetarian group) had greater chance of being obese than those with lower grip strength (vegetarian group). (OR = 2.609, 95% CI 1.487 -4.577). However, lower levels of body mass indices of the vegetarian women suggest that they are healthier than non-vegetarians in terms of BMI.

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Body composition analysis for healthy Italian vegetarians

Cited by 17 publications

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Zinc and Selenium Nutritional Status in Vegetarians

Zinc and Selenium Nutritional Status in Vegetarians

Veganism, bone mineral density, and body composition: a study in Buddhist nuns

Diet preference with regional variation of body mass index and hand grip strength of Indian females

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