What percentage of vegetarians are malnourished?

Answer 1

i dont know about malnourished in general, but i'd say at least 2 out of 5 vegetarians that i know end up with some type of iron deficiency, or lack of protein or something. this isnt to say that meat eaters dont develop some kind of unhealthy eating habits too. but they tend to get MORE of something than they need (carbs, fats, etc). many of the vegetarians i know decided to be vegetarian without really reading about how to do it and stay healthy (again, most meat eaters dont bother learning what to eat right either.)

but i need meat to live. lol. i cant even imagine the amount of vegetables i'd need to eat in one meal to replace meat.

Answer 2

Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger

One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture

It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.

Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death.

Get my point?
People dying from malnutrition are generally not vegetarians. It's the overgrazing by livestock, of meat eaters who usually cause desertification and famine and go hungry and die.

Long live the vegetarian!

Answer 3

I am a vegetarian but i am not malnourished. I went to the doctors as I thought I might be but the doctor said I was very healthy due to the varied diet I eat of veg, fruit, pulses, seeds, nuts,etc. However, I know a number of malnourished vegetarians as they do not eat properly

Answer 4

for sure the vegetarians you have met have not researched the impressive ingredients and don't consume wisely. supplements and nutrition they are probably to be lacking are Protein, Iron, nutrition D and Calcium. once you do no longer consume meat you ought to replace it with ingredients like legumes, tofu, green leafy vegetables.. there is likewise 'pretend meat' which has been created from plant life with protein and iron fairly further, e.g. facon (pretend Sir Francis Bacon). additionally, vegetarians are meant to take a seat interior the sunlight for approx. quarter-hour on a daily basis to get adequate nutrition D... easily.. even meat eaters are meant to...

Answer 5

Less than the number of meat eaters that are obese. According to the USDA very few people (meat or not) get their calcium, selenium, or zinc needs met, thus most people are malnourished by that standard.

Answer 6

Well, I can't tell you a figure off hand .... but I can say I doubt the figure would be any more extreme than the percentage of meat-eaters who are malnourished. Most vegetarians eat a whole variety of different fruits, veges, legumes, soy products and heaps of other delicious foods. So, on balance - is is probably more likely that a meat-eater would be malnourished, simply because a lot don't feel the "need" to expand their diet so much ... that's just an opinion though, my only evidence is from looking at the vegetarians I know.

Answer 7

Lees than the people eating meat. Any one who is Obese can be malnourished. That is the bodies way of trying to get it's nutriments. We are starving fat people.

Answer 8

Probably no more than the percentage of meat-eaters who are. There's absolutely no required nutrients that a vegetarian can't get and most vegetarians I know are more nutrition-conscious than the typical meat-eater.

Answer 9

I was brought up vegetarian, and am now 33 years old 6'1" and weigh oover 15 stone, so I see nothing wrong with the vegetarian diet, and I just dont fancy eating dead animals.

Answer 10

I guess you are really trying to hint that there is a connection between being veggie and being malnourished are you ?

Please be clearer about your insults or stereotypiing.

malnourishment has nothing to do with being veggie, or not. It has everything to do with a balanced diet.

Answer 11

I really couldn't tell you. All the vegetarians I know are very healthy in fact. Meat eaters tend to miss out on more then vegetarians because they often lack the required vegetable and whole grain intake.