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ArticleNutrients2024

Exploring Vitamin B12 Supplementation in the Vegan Population: A Scoping Review of the Evidence.

Sávio Fernandes, Leandro Oliveira, Alda Pereira, Maria do Céu Costa, António Raposo, Ariana Saraiva, Bruno Magalhães

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Article in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sávio FernandesCBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0006-5299-6067
Leandro OliveiraCBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1238-1798
Alda PereiraInstitute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal.
Maria do Céu CostaCBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9887-0973
António RaposoCBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5286-2249
Ariana SaraivaDepartment of Animal Pathology and Production, Bromatology and Food Technology, Faculty of Veterinary, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Trasmontaña s/n, 35413 Arucas, Spain.
Bruno MagalhãesSchool of Health, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6049-8646

Funding

FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (Portugal) projects DOI 10.54499/UIDB/04567/2020 and DOI 10.54499/UIDP/04567/2020.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With a significant portion of the population adopting veganism and conflicting views among nutrition professionals regarding the necessity of vitamin B12 supplementation, this review aims to explore existing studies evaluating interventions through food supplementation. It focuses on the impact of vitamin B12 deficiency across different demographics. The present study seeks to understand how research has addressed the relationship between the rise in veganism and vitamin B12 deficiency over the past decade. A scoping review was conducted following the PRISMA flow diagram. Studies from 2010 to 2023 were identified using Boolean operators and key terms in electronic databases such as PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, and EBSCO (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, and Academic Search Complete). Out of 217 articles identified, 70 studies were included. The topical analysis categorized the studies into three groups: those associating vitamin B12 deficiency with diseases (

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsDiet, VeganVegansVitamin B 12Vitamin B 12 DeficiencyAdolescentAdultAgedDiet, VegetarianFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultVitamin B 12cobalaminfood supplementsplant-based dietvegan dietvegetarianismvitamin B12

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PMID38794680
PMCPMC11124153

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