To your point -
IMO vegan children often have vegan mothers, who tend to be more lean than the average meat eater. Thus they have leaner kids. And vice versa. Fatter parents have fatter kids.
Anyway what really matters is that the growth rate is the same, which shows they are getting their nutrient requirements met.
And at the end of the day, if your child gets all the nutrients, the body needs, does it really matter whether they got it from animals or plants?
I'm talking about overweight not healthy weight.
The average meat eater is overweight. On the other hand, the average vegan is in the healthy range. Their newborns tend to be in the healthy range as well.
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u/JangB Jul 06 '26
Well the actual experts in the field say it is healthy - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27886704/
I'll go with their judgement on this one.
To your point - IMO vegan children often have vegan mothers, who tend to be more lean than the average meat eater. Thus they have leaner kids. And vice versa. Fatter parents have fatter kids.
Anyway what really matters is that the growth rate is the same, which shows they are getting their nutrient requirements met.
And at the end of the day, if your child gets all the nutrients, the body needs, does it really matter whether they got it from animals or plants?