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The VegPlate was created by Luciana Baroni, M.D., specialist in Neurology and Geriatrics, with a Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, and founder and president of Scientific Society of Vegetarian Nutrition-SSNV. A scholar of vegetarian nutrition and its health implications, she is the author of articles and books relating to health, nutrition and lifestyle.
For further insights the reader is invited to refer to the book "Il PiattoVeg, la nuova dieta vegetariana degli italiani", by Dr. Luciana Baroni, Edizioni Sonda 2015.

References

Below are the scientific sources used to compile the recommendations of PiattoVeg. The various articles in the international scientific literature herein can mostly find with a search on PubMed or simply by placing the reference into a search engine.

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