TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple Nutritional Deficiencies in Infants From a Strict Vegetarian Community
AU - Zmora, Ehud
AU - Gorodischer, Rafael
AU - Bar-Ziv, Jacob
PY - 1979/1/1
Y1 - 1979/1/1
N2 - Severe nutritional deficiencies developed in four infants from a new vegan religious community. They had received breast milk until the age of 3 months; thereafter, breast milk was supplemented with or replaced by extremely low caloricdensity preparations. All of the infants had profound protein-caloric malnutrition, severe rickets, osteoporosis, and vitamin B12 and other deficiencies. One infant died, while the three others had an uneventful recovery. After discharge of the infants from the hospital, the community responded well to a modification of the infants' diet, which did not violate their vegetarian philosophy. However, they refused to give their infants vitamin B12 on a regular basis.
AB - Severe nutritional deficiencies developed in four infants from a new vegan religious community. They had received breast milk until the age of 3 months; thereafter, breast milk was supplemented with or replaced by extremely low caloricdensity preparations. All of the infants had profound protein-caloric malnutrition, severe rickets, osteoporosis, and vitamin B12 and other deficiencies. One infant died, while the three others had an uneventful recovery. After discharge of the infants from the hospital, the community responded well to a modification of the infants' diet, which did not violate their vegetarian philosophy. However, they refused to give their infants vitamin B12 on a regular basis.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130020031005
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.1979.02130020031005
M3 - Article
C2 - 105630
AN - SCOPUS:0018426879
SN - 0096-8994
VL - 133
SP - 141
EP - 144
JO - American Journal of Diseases of Children
JF - American Journal of Diseases of Children
IS - 2
ER -
