Eating and health behaviors in vegans compared to omnivores: Dispelling common myths

Studies comparing eating behaviors in individuals avoiding meat and other animal products to omnivores have produced largely inconclusive findings, in part due to a failure to obtain sufficiently large samples of vegan participants to make meaningful comparisons. This study examined eating and healt...

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Published in:Appetite 2017-11, Vol.118, p.129-135
Main Authors: Heiss, Sydney, Coffino, Jaime A., Hormes, Julia M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Body Mass Index
Diet - psychology
Eating - psychology
Eating disorders
Edible Grain
Exercise
Fabaceae
Female
Fruit
Health Behavior
Health behaviors
Humans
Male
Meat
Nuts
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vegan
Veganism
Vegans - psychology
Vegetables
Young Adult
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Summary:Studies comparing eating behaviors in individuals avoiding meat and other animal products to omnivores have produced largely inconclusive findings, in part due to a failure to obtain sufficiently large samples of vegan participants to make meaningful comparisons. This study examined eating and health behaviors in a large community sample of dietary vegans (“vegans”), compared to omnivores. Participants (n = 578, 80.4% female) completed an online questionnaire assessing a range of eating- and other health-related attitudes and behaviors. Vegans (62.0%, n = 358) and omnivores (38.1%, n = 220) were comparable in terms of demographics. Vegans scored significantly lower than omnivores the Eating Disorder Examination - Questionnaire (multivariate p 
ISSN:0195-6663
1095-8304
DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.001