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Questions tagged [research]

Use this tag when you are asking for scientific studies as sources for answers to your question. If you are asking about experiments done on animals (an ethical issue for veg*ns), please use the tag [animal-experimentation].

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What proportion of people raised vegetarian eventually quit?

I am a lifelong vegetarian, having been raised on vegetarian principles and chosen to stick to them after reaching adulthood. I'm curious how many people make that choice, and how many decide to reject this particular facet of their upbringing. Are…
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How big is the impact that humans have on the emptiness of oceans?

I am interested in knowing how much emptier (ideally in either number of fish or kg of biomass) the ocean is due to direct and intentional human activity such as fishing or artificially controlling ocean animals populations. Are there currently any…
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Statistics for number of vegetarians in a given country?

Are there good, reliable statistics anywhere for percentages of vegetarians in particular countries? This would be particularly useful when considering 'vegetarian tourism'. I live in the UK, which I believe has an unusually high proportion of…
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Are there any studies comparing genes of veg*ns and non-veg*ns?

I am not explicitly asking for results of these studies (but I don't mind an answer that does this, if statistically significant) but rather whether there have been any studies at all that looked at and compared genes of veg*ns and non-veg*ns. While…
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What funded research projects are going on in the field of vegetarianism?

Is vegetarianism a well researched topic? By asking this question I mean university and industry level research. Livestock has more financially strong background so industry people and government invest in research related to this. But considering…
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