Nutrient diligence needed for vegetarian kids

January 11, 2009 By MIKE STOBBE , AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Children who want to be vegetarians need to "fill in the blanks" of their low-protein diets by eating alternatives to red meat, fish and poultry, experts say.

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