In the news: Is a vegetarian diet linked to hip fractures?
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Recent news stories reported that women who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to suffer hip fractures than those who eat meat, suggesting nutritional deficiencies and lower body mass index (BMI) as possible causes. Meatless diets are becoming increasingly popular in Western countries, possibly due to increasing evidence of reduced risks of several chronic diseases and a lower environmental footprint of vegetarian diets compared to omnivorous diets. So, should you really abandon a vegetarian diet according to these new findings? Here are a few things to keep in mind when reading the headlines.
The study behind the headlines
The study behind the news was carried out by researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK with the aim to investigate the risk of hip fracture in occasional meat-eaters, pescatarians and vegetarians compared to regular meat-eaters in middle-aged UK women, as well as to determine if potential associations between each diet group and hip fracture risk ...
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