Yaran masu cin ganyayyaki na lacto-ovo-vegetarians suna da girma da ƙimar haɓaka iri ɗaya kamar takwarorinsu waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba. Akwai kadan bayanai da ake samu game da girma da ci gaban yara masu cin ganyayyaki a kan abincin da ba macrobiotic ba, amma abubuwan lura sun nuna cewa irin waɗannan yaran sun ɗan ƙanƙanta fiye da takwarorinsu, amma har yanzu suna cikin nauyi da tsayin daka ga yaran wannan zamani. An rubuta ƙarancin girma da haɓakawa tsakanin yara akan abinci mai tsauri.
Yawan cin abinci da kayan ciye-ciye, haɗe tare da abinci mai ƙarfi (ƙararfin hatsin karin kumallo, gagartaccen burodi da taliya) zai ba da damar yaran masu cin ganyayyaki su fi dacewa da kuzari da bukatun jiki. Matsakaicin adadin furotin a jikin yaran masu cin ganyayyaki (ovo-lacto, vegans da macrobiota) gabaɗaya yana saduwa kuma wani lokaci ya wuce abin da ake buƙata na yau da kullun, kodayake yaran masu cin ganyayyaki na iya cin abinci kaɗan na furotin fiye da waɗanda ba masu cin ganyayyaki ba.
Yara masu cin ganyayyaki na iya samun ƙarin buƙatun furotin saboda bambance-bambance a cikin narkewar abinci da amino acid na sunadaran da aka cinye daga abincin shuka. Amma ana samun sauƙin biyan wannan buƙatar idan abincin ya ƙunshi isasshen adadin kayan shuka masu wadatar kuzari kuma bambancinsu yana da yawa.
Dole ne a ba da kulawa ta musamman don zaɓar madaidaicin tushen calcium, iron da zinc, tare da zaɓin abincin da ke motsa shayar da waɗannan abubuwan, lokacin tsara tsarin abinci ga yara masu cin ganyayyaki. Amintaccen tushen bitamin B12 kuma yana da mahimmanci ga yara masu cin ganyayyaki. Idan akwai damuwa game da rashin isasshen bitamin D, saboda iyakancewar hasken rana, launin fata da sautin yanayi, yanayi, ko amfani da hasken rana, bitamin D ya kamata a sha shi kadai ko a cikin abinci mai karfi.