ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Vegetarian and Vegan Weaning of the Infant: How Common and How Evidence-Based? A Population-Based Survey and Narrative Review.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06669819 (Can Dietary Supplements be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Can Dietary Supplements be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Growth Trajectories in Infants From Families With Plant-Based or Omnivorous Dietary Patterns.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Can Dietary Supplements Be Linked to a Vegan Diet and Health Risk Modulation During Vegan Pregnancy, Infancy, and Early Childhood? The VedieS Study Protocol for an Explorative, Quantitative, Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Vegetarian Diets During Complementary Feeding: An Overview of Nutritional and Health Features.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mothers adhering to a vegan diet: feeding practices of their young children and underlying determinants - a qualitative exploration.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- Attitudes and Beliefs of Primary Care Physicians and Nurses in Spain Toward Vegan Diets.Nutrients · 2024Observational
- Plant-Based Diets in Pediatric Subjects: Heart-Healthy Option or Dangerous Choice?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Complementary Feeding: Tradition, Innovation and Pitfalls.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Complementary Feeding: From Tradition to Personalized Nutrition.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Examination of Vegan Lifestyle in Italy.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Vegan Diets for Children: A Narrative Review of Position Papers Published by Relevant Associations.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Diet-Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Well-Being in Adolescents with a Vegetarian Lifestyle.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Parental Nutritional Knowledge and Type of Diet as the Key Factors Influencing the Safety of Vegetarian Diets for Children Aged 12-36 Months.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives-A Future Direction to the Milky Way.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Risk Assessment of Micronutrients Deficiency in Vegetarian or Vegan Children: Not So Obvious.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Are Complementary Feeding Practices Aligned with Current Recommendations? A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Nutritional Facts and Health/Nutrition Claims of Commercial Plant-Based Infant Foods: Where Do We Stand?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Nutritional Adequacy and Diet Quality of Vegetarian Menu Substitutions in Urban Kansas Childcare Centers.Nutrients · 2022Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundVegetarian and vegan weaning have increasing popularity among parents and families. However, if not correctly managed, they may lead to wrong feeding regimens, causing severe nutritional deficiencies requiring specific nutritional support or even the need for hospitalization.
aimTo assess the prevalence of vegetarian and vegan weaning among Italian families and to provide an up-to-date narrative review of supporting evidence. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe investigated 360 Italian families using a 40-item questionnaire. The narrative review was conducted searching scientific databases for articles reporting on vegetarian and vegan weaning.
results8.6% of mothers follow an alternative feeding regimen and 9.2% of infants were weaned according to a vegetarian or vegan diet. The breastfeeding duration was longer in vegetarian/vegan infants (15.8 vs. 9.7 months; DISCUSSION AND
conclusionOur results show that alternative weaning methods are followed by a significant number of families; in half of the cases, the family pediatrician was not perceived as an appropriate guide in this delicate process. To date, consistent findings to support both the safety and feasibility of alternative weaning methods are still lacking. Since the risk of nutritional deficiencies in the early stages of life is high, pediatricians have a pivotal role in guiding parents and advising them on the most appropriate and complete diet regimen during childhood. Efforts should be made to enhance nutritional understanding among pediatricians as an unsupervised vegetarian or vegan diet can cause severe nutritional deficiencies with possible detrimental long-term effects.
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