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Abstract
A pattern of food consumption adopted mainly by the people of North America and Western Europe. It is mainly characterized by high intake of MEAT, processed grains, DIETARY SUGARS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, and DIETARY FATS.
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Synonyms
18 entry terms
- Diet, Occidental
- Diet, Western
- Meat-Sweet Diet
- Western Dietary Pattern
- Diet, Meat-Sweet
- Dietary Pattern, Western
- Dietary Patterns, Western
- Diets, Meat-Sweet
- Diets, Occidental
- Diets, Western
- Meat Sweet Diet
- Meat-Sweet Diets
- Occidental Diet
- Occidental Diets
- Pattern, Western Dietary
- Patterns, Western Dietary
- Western Dietary Patterns
- Western Diets
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6 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, economics, ethnology, history, psychology, statistics & numerical data.
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History Note
2015
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Previous Indexing
- Diet (1970-2014)
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QT 235
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Western Diet. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066273. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066273
- Western Diet. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_pattern_diet
- Western Diet. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7988517