The results of the study showed that the children tested who followed vegetarian diets "had similar growth and biochemical measures of nutrition" with those who consumed non-vegetarian diets. Photo: Handout
According to a Canadian study, vegetarian and vegan children do not show any more nutritional deficiencies or stunted growth than their meat-eating peers.
However, parents may need to take extra care in certain aspects of their diet in order to prevent them from being underweight, warn the authors of the research.
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