Pattern analysis of vegan eating reveals healthy and unhealthy patterns within the vegan diet.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to identify the types of foods that constitute a vegan diet and establish patterns within the diet. Dietary pattern analysis, a key instrument for exploring the correlation between health and disease, was used to identify patterns within the vegan diet.

Design

A modified version of the EPIC-Norfolk FFQ was created and validated to include vegan foods and launched on social media.

Setting

UK participants, recruited online.

Participants

A convenience sample of 129 vegans voluntarily completed the FFQ. Collected data were converted to reflect weekly consumption to enable factor and cluster analyses.

Results

Factor analysis identified four distinct dietary patterns including: (1) convenience (22 %); (2) health conscious (12 %); (3)

SUBMITTER: Gallagher CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature