Phenomena and Processes

Western Diet

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

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.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

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

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, economics, ethnology, history, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

MeSH Record

History Note

2015

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Diet (1970-2014)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

QT 235

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Western Diet. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D066273. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D066273
  2. Western Diet. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_pattern_diet
  3. Western Diet. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7988517