Western pattern diet

The Western pattern diet, also called standard American diet, is a modern eating pattern. In the Western diet like fast food, processed meat, red meat, butter, fried foods, high-fat dairy products, refined grains, high fructose corn syrup and certain sugary drinks is common.^[1] The modern Western diet came by way of fundamental lifestyle changes after the Neolithic and Industrial Revolutions.

The opposite is a healthy diet. Healthy diets have higher servings of fruit, nuts, fish, poultry and vegetables.

A Western pattern diet is associated with an increased risk of being overweight or obese and diabetes mellitus.^[2]