How does the health and well-being of young Australian vegetarian and semi-vegetarian women compare with non-vegetarians?

Public Health Nutrition

Wendy J Brown¹  Surinder Baines¹  Jennifer Powers¹ 

关键词: Females;    Vegetarian diet;    Health behaviour;    Health status;    Health services;    Cohort studies;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980007217938

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo compare the sociodemographic characteristics, health status and health service use of vegetarians, semi-vegetarians and non-vegetarians.DesignIn cross-sectional data analyses of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health in 2000, 9113 women (aged 22–27 years) were defined as non-vegetarians if they reported including red meat in their diet, as semi-vegetarians if they excluded red meat and as vegetarians if they excluded meat, poultry and fish from their diet.ResultsThe estimated prevalence was 3% and 10% for vegetarian and semi-vegetarian young women. Compared with non-vegetarians, vegetarians and semi-vegetarians were more likely to live in urban areas and to not be married. Vegetarians and semi-vegetarians had lower body mass index (mean (95% confidence interval): 22.2 (21.7–22.7) and 23.0 (22.7–23.3) kg m− 2) than non-vegetarians (23.7 (23.6–23.8) kg m− 2) and tended to exercise more. Semi-vegetarians and vegetarians had poorer mental health, with 21–22% reporting depression compared with 15% of non-vegetarians (P 

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