Published online: 22 February 2005; | doi:10.1038/news050221-5
Meat diet boosts kids' growth
by Michael Hopkin
Bringing up children as vegans is unethical, claims nutritionist.
Meat contains important micronutrients.
Meat is a vital part of a child's diet, according to a two-year study of Kenyan schoolkids. Without it, children grow up smaller, less strong and less intelligent, the results suggest.
So clear are the benefits, in fact, that denying children meat or dairy products in the first few years of life is unethical, argues Lindsay Allen of the University of California, Davis, who carried out the research.
References Allen L. H. J. Nutrition (suppl.), 133. 3875S - 3878S (2003). | ChemPort |
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