Women who do not eat meat are more likely to break their hips in later life, a study has claimed.
Researchers followed 26,000 women for about 20 years and found vegetarians in the group were a third more likely to experience fractures than meat eaters.
Study lead author James Webster, said: "Our study highlights potential concerns regarding risk of hip fracture in vegetarian women. Mr Webster said vegetarian diets often had lower intakes of nutrients such as protein and calcium, which were usually more abundant in meat than in plants. However, Mr Webster pointed out that vegetarian diets could vary widely from person to person and could be "healthy or unhealthy, just like diets that include animal products".Scientists involved in the project said women could maintain bone health by not being underweight, adding nutrients like B12 to their diet and by remaining active.
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