"Diet, Western" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D066273
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.650.240.310
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| Concept/Terms |
Diet, Western- Diet, Western
- Diets, Western
- Western Diets
- Western Dietary Pattern
- Dietary Pattern, Western
- Dietary Patterns, Western
- Pattern, Western Dietary
- Patterns, Western Dietary
- Western Dietary Patterns
- Diet, Occidental
- Diets, Occidental
- Occidental Diet
- Occidental Diets
- Western Diet
- Meat-Sweet Diet
- Diet, Meat-Sweet
- Diets, Meat-Sweet
- Meat Sweet Diet
- Meat-Sweet Diets
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diet, Western" by people in Profiles.
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In urban, but not rural, areas of Madre de Dios, Peru, adoption of a Western diet is inversely associated with selenium intake. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Oct 15; 687:1046-1054.