Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
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Raul Dias Santos

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• Research Article
  Healthier Body Composition in Vegetarian Men Compared to Omnivorous Men
  Author(s): Julio Cesar Acosta-Navarro, Adriana Midori Oki, Luiza Antoniazzi Gomes de Gouveia, Valeria Hong, Maria Carlos Bonfim, Pedro Acosta-Cardenas, Letícia Romera Picolo, Juliana Nólibos, Gabriela Moraes, Elane Zeferini, Heno Lopes, Márcio Miname, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, Wilson Salgado Filho and Raul Dias Santos Julio Cesar Acosta-Navarro, Adriana Midori Oki, Luiza Antoniazzi Gomes de Gouveia, Valeria Hong, Maria Carlos Bonfim, Pedro Acosta-Cardenas, Letícia Romera Picolo, Juliana Nólibos, Gabriela Moraes, Elane Zeferini, Heno Lopes, Márcio Miname, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, Wilson Salgado Filho and Raul Dias Santos
  
  Background: Previous studies have shown associations between vegetarian (VEG) diet and a healthy lifestyle and the maintenance of adequate body composition evaluated by anthropometric parameters. Objective: To analyze whether vegetarian men have higher rates of adequate nutritional status compared to omnivorous (OMN) men, evaluated by various methods. Methods: In this observational study, from 745 individuals from São Paulo, we enrolled 44 OMN and 44 VEG apparently healthy men participants in the CARVOS Study were evaluated by two 24-h dietary recalls, body mass index (BMI), circumference measurements, waist-hip ratio (WHR), skinfolds, and by BIA. Results: OMN men had the highest percentage of overweight/obesity  based on BMI (70.4%, P=0.001),.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9600.1000529

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