Vegetarianism and cardiometabolic disease risk factors: Differences between South Asian and US adults
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- 作者：Lindsay M. Jaacks ; Ph.D.a ; Ljaacks@emory.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Deksha Kapoor ; M.Sc.b ; Kalpana Singh ; M.Sc.b ; K.M. Venkat Narayan ; M.D. ; M.Sc. ; M.B.A.a ; Mohammed K. Ali ; M.B.Ch.B. ; M.Sc. ; M.B.A.a ; M. Masood Kadir ; M.D. ; M.B.B.S. ; M.P.H.c ; Viswanathan Mohan ; M.D. ; Ph.D. ; M.B.B.S.d ; Nikhil Tandon ; M.D. ; Ph.D. ; M.B.B.S.e ; Dorairaj Prabhakaran ; M.D.b
- 关键词：Vegetarianism ; India ; Obesity ; Visceral adiposity ; Food groups
- 刊名：Nutrition
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：32
- 期：9
- 页码：975-984
- 全文大小：627 K
文摘
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To our knowledge, this was the first study to explore vegetarian diets in both the United States and South Asia.
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We used large representative samples and defined vegetarianism with food propensity data.
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Vegetarians had a lower probability of overweight/obesity in both populations.
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The strength of this association may be stronger for US vegetarian diets.
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Results inform lifestyle interventions and policies for chronic disease prevention.