Vegetarian women are less likely to be obese than those meat-eaters, a new study found. Women who eat little or no meat are less likely to be overweight than their more carnivorous peers, according to a new study. The study, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, means that replacing meat products in the diet with vegetables could actually help in controlling weight, CNN reported.
The study included those who consumed dairy products, and "semi-vegetarians," who said they sometimes ate fish or eggs; in the vegan group.
It found that vegetarians were two-thirds less likely than meat eaters to be obese.
P. Kirstin Newby, a researcher at Tufts University in Boston, said that though this was not a weight loss study, it would definitely help in planning a weight controlling diet.