2018: Dietary Pattern, Protein Quality, Nutritional Status, and Health Status in Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian Community Groups in Bali #SDGsIPB3

People currently have realized and understood the importance of the association between food consumed and diseases. It raises a new habit in society, i.e. changing the dietary pattern to be a vegetarian. Some vegetarian groups that are commonly recognized by people are vegan, lacto-vegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, and other vegetarian groups. One of the aims of changes in dietary pattern performed by the community is to reduce the occurrence of various chronic diseases such as hypertension, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease (IHD). Related to vegetarian dietary pattern, it is considered as a tool to control oneself/one’s passions in Hinduism. Vegetarians are scattered in some areas of Bali, and they generally converge in one area or location known as ashram. This study was conducted to understand vegetarian diets and their implication on the nutrition and health of Balinese-Hindu community.