26 Aug 2022 --- The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) has flagged limitations to a study published by the BMC Journal that links an increased hip fracture risk in women with vegetarian diets. The council slams the study as it “does not prove that vegetarian diets are the cause of hip fracture,” while arguing that it lacks consideration of ethnicity and the evolution of nutritious vegetarian foods over the past 20 years.