AAP News Vol. 15 No. 6 June 1999, p. 15
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Veggie diets' mushrooming popularity requires watchfulness

Tom Nugent

Remember 20 years ago, when vegetarianism was regarded as a counter-cultural lifestyle, and "veggies" were harmless eccentrics whose obsession with brown rice, yogurt and tofu struck most Americans as just a bit kooky?

Those days are long gone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Continuing Survey of Food Intakes, which recently reported the number of self-declared U.S. vegetarians has approximately doubled since 1977, from about 3.5 million to about 7 million.