The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in every 200 school-age kids abstain from eating meat.
There are no official statistics on the number of kids who are vegan — meaning they don’t eat any animal products, not even dairy or eggs. But experts believe the number is growing.
“A generation ago, it was quite unusual,” said Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which advocates for vegan and low-fat vegetarian school lunches. “Nowadays, kids do it for political reasons, environmental reasons, animal rights reasons.”
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