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News & Views: To shed pounds, going vegetarian or vegan may help
Posted on August 7, 2015 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: MD Lesson5-1, MD Lesson5-2, MD Lesson5-3, MD Lesson5-4, MD Lesson5-5, Metabolic Disease | | Add comment |

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The results of a meta-analysis, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that people on vegetarian diets lost around 4.4 pounds more than the control group who had no change in diet. Those who tried a vegan diet dropped 5.5 pounds more.

Read more at NPR.org.