Journal article
Intake of macro- and micronutrients in Danish vegans
University of Copenhagen1
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Research Group for Risk Benefit, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
Division of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Division of Risk Assessment and Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark5
Since information about macro- and micronutrient intake among vegans is limited we aimed to determine and evaluate their dietary and supplementary intake. Seventy 18-61 years old Danish vegans completed a four-day weighed food record from which their daily intake of macro- and micronutrients was assessed and subsequently compared to an age-range-matched group of 1 257 omnivorous individuals from the general Danish population.
Moreover, the vegan dietary and supplementary intake was compared to the 2012 Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR). Dietary intake differed significantly between vegans and the general Danish population in all measured macro- and micronutrients (p
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 115 |
| ISSN: | 18731244 , 08999007 and 14752891 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12937-015-0103-3 |
| ORCIDs: | Hoppe, Camilla , Fagt, Sisse , 0000-0001-5948-8993 , 0000-0002-6880-5759 , 0000-0003-3090-269X , 0000-0001-8748-3831 and 0000-0002-3321-3972 |
