International Journal of Nutrition
Open Access
Vegetarianism in Food-Based Dietary Guidelines
May 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-14-588
Luciana BaroniCorresponding author
Plant foods are staples of many cultures in the world. Conversely, the appearance of vegetarianism in Western countries is a relatively recent phenomenon, showing an upward trend: people following vegetarian diets (both lacto-ovo-vegetarian-LOV and vegan-VEG), account today for about 10% of the West…