The effects of vegan and traditional diets on five anthropometric measurements in children birth through five years of age

[摘要] Height (or recumbent length) , weight, head circumference, tricepsskinfold thickness, and subscapular skinfold thicknessmeasurements were recorded on a total of 52 Ss following 2different diets: vegan and traditional, Of the 26 childrenin each diet group, 14 were male and 12 were female.An analysis of covariance, with age as the covariate, wascalculated on the anthropometric readings. No significantdifference was found between the 5 measurements of vegan andtraditional Ss.A Pearson Product-Moment Correlation was carried out on 6intra-group correlations among the measurementsr weight/triceps,weigh t$subscapular , weigh t/he ight , triceps/subscapular ,height/triceps, and height/subscapular . The correlationsbetween weight/height and triceps/subscapular were significantat p < .05 in all 4 diet-sex groups, male vegan, female vegan,male traditional, and female traditional.A Fisher;;s Zf Transformation was calculated on the above 6correlations on an inter-group basis. No significant differencewas found at p < .05A 24-hour Diet Recall and a Diet History Questionnaire wereadministered to the mothers of the Ss. Group mean scores werecalculated for a11 5 body measurements. In addition,anthropometric findings were descriptively examined in relationto 1976 National Center for Health Statistics Growth Norms,It was concluded from this study that the vegan and traditionalchildren were not significantly different in 5 anthropometricmeasurements. Among other variables, d i e t was shown to haveno significant impact on these body measurements when comparingvegan and traditional Ss.

[发布机构] University of Wisconsin

[效力级别] Diet - Physiological aspects

[关键词] Children - Anthropometry;Diet - Physiological aspects;Vegetarianism - Physiological aspects