The
Western pattern diet, also called
Western dietary pattern or the
meat-sweet diet, is a
dietary pattern originally identified through
principal components analysis or
factor analysis to identify commonly associated foods in the diets of several independent cohorts in the United States, with a very similar "Western" pattern also observed in a cohort of Australian adolescents. It is characterized by higher intakes of was characterized by a higher intake of
red and
processed meat,
butter, high-fat
dairy products,
eggs,
refined grains, white
potatoes and
french fries, and
high-sugar drinks. It is contrasted with a "prudent" diet found in the same populations, which has higher levels of fruits, vegetables, whole-grain foods, poultry and fish.