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In some cities' schools in Finland, the students are offered two options, a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian meal, on four school days a week, and one day a week they have a choice between two vegetarian meals, for grades 1 to 12. In secondary schools and universities, from 10 to 40 percent of the students preferred vegetarian food in 2013.
In the past, some vegetarian societies used to consider it to simply be a less-strict type of vegetarianism. [24] This is no longer the case now that modern day vegetarian societies object to the consumption of all fish and shellfish. Pollotarian diet: someone who follows this diet eats chicken and/or other poultry and usually eggs as well.
Israel: Five percent (approx. 300,000) in Israel said they were vegan in 2014, making it the highest per capita vegan population in the world. [145] A 2015 survey by Globes and Israel's Channel 2 News similarly found 5% of Israelis were vegan. [146] Veganism increased among Israeli Arabs. [147]
The review's authors also cautioned that plant-based diets might lead to vitamin B12 deficiencies in the general population. Landry said that can be addressed by taking a B12 supplement.
Observational studies show that vegetarian diets are lower in energy intake than non-vegetarian diets [31] and that, on average, vegetarians have a lower body mass index than non-vegetarians. [32] Two reviews of preliminary research found that vegetarian diets practiced over 18 weeks or longer reduced body weight in the range of 2–3 kilograms ...
Around 91-92% [11] of humans worldwide are non-vegetarian in that they are neither ovo-lacto- vegetarians nor vegans, according to a 2018 survey by Ipsos Mori. 74% of the world's population "Regularly eat both animal and non-animal products", 14% "Only occasionally eat meat or fish", and 3% "Do not eat meat but do eat fish".
Public Radio International estimated in 2013 that 4–5% of China's population was vegetarian, representing over 50 million people. [1] Like many other languages, the Chinese languages did not have a native word for the English word "vegan" and often uses (Chinese: 纯素; pinyin: Chún sù) （"pure Vegetarian"）to refer to it. [2]
A different review found that pregnant vegetarians consumed less zinc than pregnant non-vegetarians, with both groups' intake below recommended levels; however, the review found no significant difference between groups in actual zinc levels in bodily tissues, nor any effect on gestation period or birth weight. [46]