Study: Vegetarian, vegan children not nutritionally deficient

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.