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diet therapy MeSH Qualifier Data 2026


MeSH Qualifier
diet therapy
Unique ID
Q000178
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000178
Annotation
subhead only; for dietary & nutritional management of a disease by a physician; not for self diets; not for vitamin or mineral supplements prescribed by a physician ( = /‌drug therapy); indexing policy: Manual 19.8.24; DF: /‌diet ther or /DH
Scope Note
Used with disease headings for dietary and nutritional management of the disease. The concept does not include vitamin or mineral supplements, for which drug therapy may be used.
Entry Version
DIET THER
Abbreviation
DH
Entry Term(s)
dietary management
nutritional management
Online Note
search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/DH or DH (SH) or SUBS APPLY DH
History Note
75; used with Category C & F3 1975 forward
Date Introduced
1975/01/01
Last Updated
2015/12/15
diet therapy Preferred
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