The<unk> -versus-eastern dichotomy has become less relevant as such a diet is no longer "foreign" to any global region (just as traditional East Asian cuisine is no longer "foreign" to the west), but the term is still a well-understood shorthand in medical literature, regardless of where the diet is found. Other dietary<unk> s described in the medical research include "drinker" and "meat-eater"<unk> s. Because of the variability in diets, individuals are usually classified not as simply "following" or "not following" a given diet, but instead by ranking them according to how closely their diets line up with each<unk>  in turn. The researchers then compare the outcomes between the group that most closely follows a given<unk>  to the group that least closely follows a given<unk> .
Western pattern diet
Plant-based diet
Mediterranean diet
Fad diet
Stillman diet
Rice diet
Feingold diet
BRAT diet