Journal article
Differences between vegetarian and omnivorous yoga practitioners—Results of a nationally representative survey of US adult yoga practitioners
Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol.40, pp.48-52
2018
PMID: 30219468
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Abstract
•The prevalence of vegetarianism is more than 6 times higher in yoga users than in the general population.•Vegetarian yoga users more often use meditation and perceive yoga more as a holistic practice than non-vegetarian yoga users.•Vegetarian yoga users also more often use yoga as a therapy for a specific health complaint than non-vegetarian yoga users. To examine the prevalence of vegetarianism among yoga practitioners, and to explore differences and similarities between yoga practitioners who also use vegetarian diet and those who do not. Using cross-sectional data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (N = 34,525), weighted frequencies for 12-month prevalence of vegetarian diet use among yoga practitioners were analyzed. Logistic regression analyses were used to analyze sociodemographic and clinical predictors of vegetarian diet use. A total of 1.7 million US yoga practitioners have used a vegetarian diet in the past 12 months (8.3%), compared to 2.7 million non-yoga practitioners (1.3%). Yoga practitioners who were aged between 30 and 64 years as compared to being 29 years or younger were more likely to have used a vegetarian diet in the past 12 months; while those being in a relationship (OR = 0.64), overweight (OR = 0.54), smoking (OR 0.64) or having private health insurance (OR = 0.59) were less likely. Vegetarian diet practitioners more often included meditation as part of their yoga practice and more often chose yoga because it had a holistic focus, and was perceived to treat the cause and not the symptoms of their health complaint. Yoga practitioners following a vegetarian diet seem to embrace yoga more as a lifestyle than as a therapy.
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- Title
- Differences between vegetarian and omnivorous yoga practitioners—Results of a nationally representative survey of US adult yoga practitioners
- Creators
- Holger Cramer (Author) - University of Duisburg-EssenTobias Sundberg (Author) - University of Technology SydneyDania Schumann (Author) - University of Duisburg-EssenMatthew J Leach (Author) - University of Technology SydneyRomy Lauche (Author) - University of Technology Sydney
- Publication Details
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine, Vol.40, pp.48-52
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991012856299302368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article