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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school is offering balanced meals, though. There's nothing wrong with a child not eating meat.[/quote]

They don't reach full potential height. [/quote]

Sorry but that's untrue.[/quote]

[i]The research is inconclusive on this point although there is evidence to lean towards the side that says meat eating leads to slightly higher final height. Most people when asked this question would lean towards the side in believing that people who eat meat are likely to end up taller than their vegetarian counterparts.[/i][/quote]

[i]Age-adjusted regression analysis showed that on average Adventist vegetarian children were taller than their meat-consuming classmates (2.5 and 2.0 cm for boys and girls, respectively). These results did not change materially when adjusting for other food groups. Nor did adjustment for parental height and socioeconomic factors in a sub-sample of 518 children. [b]The results indicate that vegetarian children and adolescents on a balanced diet grow at least as tall as children who consume meat.[/b][/i]

Eur J Clin Nutr. 1991 Jan;45(1):51-8.
Attained height of lacto-ovo vegetarian children and adolescents.
Sabaté J, Lindsted KD, Harris RD, Sanchez A.

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