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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
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Pediatric Vegetarian Diets: Well-planned vegetarian diets
are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the
lifecycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood,
and adolescence.
Vegetarian Diets in Perspective: A vegetarian is a person
who eats all plant foods, does not eat meat, including fowl
or seafood, or products containing these foods. The eating
patterns of vegetarians may vary considerably. There are
basically three types of vegetarian diets: The lacto-ovo-
vegetarian eating pattern, the most common type is based
on grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds, dairy
products, and eggs, lacto-vegetarian diet includes milk with
plant foods but excludes any other foods from animals such
as eggs and total vegetarian or plant based diet is made of
grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, excludes the
use of all animal products. Vegan means no animal products
excluding the wearing of leather products.
Pediatric Vegetarian Diets: There are many reasons for
the rising interest in vegetarian diets. Health, economic,
ecological, ethical or religious reasons are at the top five.
Scientific research continues to document the health
advantages of the vegetarian diet with lower risk of heart
related diseases, obesity, and cancer. Many are starting their
children on a vegetarian lifestyle for the major reason to
maintain good health and to prevent diet related diseases.
The number of vegetarians in the United States and Canada
is expected to increase during the next decade. Food and
nutrition professionals can assist vegetarian clients by
providing current, accurate information to parents about
vegetarian nutrition, diet and resources.
Speaker Biography
Joycelyn M Peterson has completed Nutrition and Dietetics degrees at Loma Linda
University and Johns Hopkins University (Post-master’s studies in international
nutrition). She is Professor and Chairperson of Nutrition and Dietetics Department
at Oakwood University, Alabama, USA. She has recently published her dissertation
in the Annuals of Nutrition Metabolism 8/2011, and is a contributing Writer for
newspapers and health magazines and has also published two vegetarian cookbooks.
Her professional experience includes vegetarian nutrition consultant, public health
speaker, and program planner for international and state-wide public health nutrition
initiatives, conducting research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Joycelyn M Peterson
Oakwood University, USA
Pediatric vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide
health benefits in the prevention of obesity
Joycelyn M Peterson, J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-001