Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are
growing in popularity throughout the Western world for various reasons, including concerns …

Background There has been a growing interest in consumers around the world in adopting a
more plant-based diet for health, sustainability, and ethical reasons. Many commercially …

Importance Plant-based diets have gained popularity for both environmental and health
reasons, but a comprehensive assessment of their quality in relation to risk of mortality and …

Background Several studies have hypothesised that dietary habits may play an important
role in COVID-19 infection, severity of symptoms, and duration of illness. However, no …

Background There is limited prospective evidence on possible differences in fracture risks
between vegetarians, vegans, and non-vegetarians. We aimed to study this in a prospective …

Aims To develop a healthy diet score that is associated with health outcomes and is globally
applicable using data from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study and …

Objective To evaluate the association between intakes of refined grains, whole grains, and
white rice with cardiovascular disease, total mortality, blood lipids, and blood pressure in the …

Background: The association between plant-based diets and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
remains poorly characterized. Given that diet represents an important and a modifiable risk …

Objectives: The consumption of strict vegetarian diets with no animal products is associated
with low blood pressure (BP). It is not clear whether less strict plant-based diets (PBDs) …

Plant-based diets, characterized by a higher consumption of plant foods and a lower
consumption of animal foods, are associated with a favorable cardiovascular disease (CVD) …