2023-09-192023-09-192023-07-03MOREIRA, Clíscia Laiane das Chagas. Fatores motivadores e desafios vivenciados por vegetarianos e veganos: uma revisão de literatura. Orientadora: Alódia Brasil Costa. 2023. 46 f. Trabalho de Curso (Bacharelado em Nutrição) - Faculdade de Nutrição, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, 2023. Disponível em:https://bdm.ufpa.br:8443/jspui/handle/prefix/6155. Acesso em:.https://bdm.ufpa.br/handle/prefix/6155The vegetarian diet is meat-free, and may or may not contain dairy products and eggs, and may be ovolactovegetarian, lactovegetarian, egg vegetarian or strict vegetarian, and the vegan diet excludes any food of animal origin, and these diets have their variations and peculiarities, in addition to multiple motivating factors of adherence and, in parallel, have their difficulties and challenges, as it is an exception and not a rule to the food pattern of contemporary society, and is even on the rise. In this context, this paper, through an integrative literature review, aims to identify and discuss the main motivating factors and challenges faced by people who have adopted vegetarianism and veganism, thus proposing a reflection on the influence of these eating habits in society, making it possible to list issues that are little addressed in scientific literature, and in the academic field today, in addition to providing the breakdown of stereotypes to these individuals, and consequently broaden debates for future studies on the legitimation of animal rights and protectionist and anti-speciesist laws. The search for data in the databases Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), PubMed, and Google Scholar was carried out in the last ten years. The descriptors were "(vegetarian* OR vegan*) AND (motives OR motivations OR motivational factors OR motivating factors)" OR "(vegetarian* OR vegan*) AND (difficulties OR challenges)", as well as their English language equivalents. The main motivating factors are concern for animal welfare, environmental preservation, health issues and religion. The difficulties and challenges faced are social coexistence, prejudice and ridicule, and lack of access to food options in public places.Acesso AbertoDieta vegetarianaDieta veganaPadrões alimentaresFatores motivadoresDificuldades e desafiosVegetarian dietVegan dietDietary patternMotivating factorsDifficulties and challengesCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::NUTRICAOTrabalho de Curso - Graduação - Monografia