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Well-planned vegan and vegetarian diets can provide adequate nutrition, and have demonstrated health benefits in disease prevention and treatment [1]. Vegan and vegetarian di- ets have been used effectively for weight loss and maintenance [2,3]. Anchoring the two ends of the plant-based dietary spec- trum are vegan diets (exclude all animal products) and omniv- orous diets (omni: no foods excluded). Between these two diets are other plant-based diets, such as semi-vegetarian (semi-veg:
GTM and SW designed the research study. GTM, EEW, and CRD conducted the research. EAF performed statistical analysis. GTM, SW, and EAF wrote the paper. GTM had primary responsibility for final content. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.