Diet Quality and Comparison of Plant-Based Versus Omnivore Diets in Identical Twins: A Secondary Analysis of the Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS)
In this secondary analysis of a diet intervention trial, it is demonstrated that both the vegan and omnivore groups improved their diet quality during the study, while at the same time achieving substantive differences between the 2 groups in key nutrients/food groups. This allowed us to meaningfully contrast healthy versions of the 2 diets for their effects on previously reported health end points.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT05297825.
Authors
- Lindsay R Durand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6188-3308)
- Christopher D. Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-1530)
- Matthew J. Landry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2285-7702)
- Andrea Krenek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-9616)
- Christopher Dant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1599-3749)
- Kristen May Cunanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9873-9214)
- Catherine Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-0535)
- Jennifer L. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8835-0333)
- Amanda B. Zeitlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1822-8198)
- Andrea M. Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-3863)
Institutions
- Palo Alto University (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Quantitative BioSciences (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Developments in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107549
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00