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Wikipedia Passage with citation:

Vegetarianism

• However, the essential amino acids can also be obtained by eating a variety of complementary plant sources that, in combination, provide all eight essential amino acids (e.g. brown rice and beans, or hummus and whole wheat pita, though protein combining in the same meal is not necessary

Observations

• Although a citation is needed, I found that the overall paragraph provided proper language. Facts were stated rather than opinions and bias'. It gave me a good understanding of the Wikipedia expectation of language usage.

Original Possible Source:

Young V.R., Pellett P.L. Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid nutrition. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 1994, 59 (59), 1203S–1212S. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/59/5/1203S.long

Search Strategy

Search tools used: Google Scholar and Academic Search Premier

• The exact passage (needing citation) was found through Google Scholar. This led me to a student’s university academic paper.
• Through references listed, this allowed me to find the research paper with the original information.
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• Including the terms: Amino, Plant and Essential I was able to find the research paper.

New Content

Possible information to add:

• I would like to add some information on how a Vegetarian diet effects different age groups. Where this is a broad topic, I'd like to specifically focus on it's effect on children.

Two sources for new content:

Vegetarian kids face risky future. USA Today Magazine. 1991;120(2557):11-12. http://ezproxy.msvu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.msvu.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=11758072&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

• This article talks about the negative health effects of vegetarian children as they become adults.

O'Connell JM, Dibley MJ, Sierra J, Wallace B, Marks JS, Yip R. Growth of vegetarian children: The farm study. Pediatrics. 1989;84(3):475. http://ezproxy.msvu.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.msvu.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=4746300&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

• This article follows a group of 404 vegetarian children aged 4 months- 10 years to determine the effects on growth in comparison to the US growth reference.

• Combining the information from the two sources above, I plan to add content regarding vegetarianism's effect on children's growth as a child and possible health outcomes as an adult.

Final draft of new content:

How does a vegetarian diet effect a child’s growth? This is an important question to know the answer to before starting a child on a vegetarian diet. A study of four hundred and four vegetarian children aged four months to ten years was studied to see the effects of a vegetarian diet on child growth . Height and weight data was compared to the US growth reference . The study determined that the mean height and weight compared to the same age group was slightly less than the median of the US growth reference population . Through comparing the data, the study concluded that children with vegetarian diets have attained sufficient growth in comparison to the US growth reference population .

Placement of new content

• I would like to add the new content between the headlines: Health Effects and Nutrition. I would like to put the headline Vegetarianism and Children