Vegetarian Diets

References

Citations

  1. Mangels AR, et al. (2003). Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian diets. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 103(6): 748–765. Also available online: http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_933_ENU_HTML.htm.

  2. Johnston PK, Sabaté J (2006). Nutritional implications of vegetarian diets. In ME Shils et al., eds., Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 10th ed., pp. 1638–1654. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Other Works Consulted

  • Whitney E, Rolfes SR (2008). Vegetarian diets. In Understanding Nutrition, 11th ed., pp. 64–68. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.


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