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MeSH Heading: Diet
Tree Number(s): G07.203.650.240
Unique ID: D004032
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004032
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific diets; DIET THERAPY and specifics are also available; /‌trends: do not confuse with DIET FADS; in veterinary journals consider also ANIMAL FEED; SILAGE; etc.
Scope Note: Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.
Entry Term(s): Dietary Pattern; Dietary Patterns; Food Patterns
See Also: Cooking
Public MeSH Note: 2026; for DIETARY PATTERNS see DIETARY PATTERNS 2024-2025
History Note: 2026 (1966); for DIETARY PATTERNS use DIETARY PATTERNS 2024-2025
Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Diet Therapy
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Entry Combination: therapeutic use:Diet Therapy
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0006324
Scope Note: Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.
Terms: Diet Preferred Term
Term UI T012248
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Dietary Pattern
Term UI T001123965
Date08/29/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Dietary Patterns
Term UI T001123555
Date08/17/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024); Food Patterns
Term UI T001124635
Date09/09/2022
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2024)

Diet MeSH Descriptor Data 2026