Monday, September 1, 2008

More young people go the vegetarian route

More young people go the vegetarian route
Carson Predovich, 11, reaches around his sister Sierra for a piece of watermelon during dinner.
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By Mary Brophy Marcus, special for USA TODAY
Sierra Predovich pops carrot sticks and hummus the way most teens nosh on fries. Predovich, 17, of Redwood City, Calif., became a vegetarian at 13 and is among a growing number of children in the USA who are cutting meat from their diets, or at least cutting back.

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