Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232954.].
Highlights
“A review study on vegetarian and low-meat diets showed that, vegetarian diets are characterized by the higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, and nuts, a factor that is associated with its protective effect against chronic diseases.”
“By observing the trends from the last 11 years and the established projections for the general Brazilian population, it is possible to consider that the prevalence found in our study is very low among vegetarians, even when comparing the different categories separately, with the semivegetarians showing the highest prevalence among them (6.0%).”
“Regarding the average intake of natural and industrialized foods on the previous day, we observed that more than half
Summary
There are a number of textual errors in the body of the article. The corrected sentences are provided below. “The diet quality results obtained in this study for vegetarians were compared with data from the last published version of the general Brazilian population study (Vigitel) [50].”
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