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Most non-religious vegetarians are [[college]] students or [[teenager]]s, for whom the vegeterianism is usually a short-lived fad or mode of rebellion from their parents and other adults. Once their idealism becomes tempered with maturity, they often return to eating meat.{{fact}}- sorry, this is gone till you find a citation. Or rewrite it fairly and objectively
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Most non-religious vegetarians are [[college]] students or [[teenager]]s, for whom the vegeterianism is usually a short-lived fad or mode of rebellion from their parents and other adults. Once their idealism becomes tempered with maturity, they often return to eating meat.- sorry, this is gone till you find a citation. Or rewrite it fairly and objectively
 
:No problem. Here's a quote I found from Lucy Watkins, editor of vegetarianteen.com : "Young people, especially girls, tend to be very loving and softhearted. [Lucy] Watkins says that, although sometimes teens become vegetarians because it's the latest fad, animal activism is often a spark for young people to become vegetarians. When it's done for "faddish" reasons, they usually don't stick with it. The animal rights kids tend to stay the course."<ref>http://www.preteenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/vegetarian.htm</ref>
 
:No problem. Here's a quote I found from Lucy Watkins, editor of vegetarianteen.com : "Young people, especially girls, tend to be very loving and softhearted. [Lucy] Watkins says that, although sometimes teens become vegetarians because it's the latest fad, animal activism is often a spark for young people to become vegetarians. When it's done for "faddish" reasons, they usually don't stick with it. The animal rights kids tend to stay the course."<ref>http://www.preteenagerstoday.com/resources/articles/vegetarian.htm</ref>
 
:A second quote: "Most dietitians I spoke with who have teenage vegetarian clients agree that teens avoiding meat is becoming a trend or fad and that the vegetarian teenagers (mostly girls aged 14 to 17) they counsel usually come from meat-eating families."<ref>http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/feb2006pg58.shtml </ref>
 
:A second quote: "Most dietitians I spoke with who have teenage vegetarian clients agree that teens avoiding meat is becoming a trend or fad and that the vegetarian teenagers (mostly girls aged 14 to 17) they counsel usually come from meat-eating families."<ref>http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/feb2006pg58.shtml </ref>
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