Talk:Western pattern diet

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I have proposed this merge based on the similar content of the two articles. The scope of each article is the same. Standard American Diet is a weak article, but contains information that could benefit and expand The Western Pattern Diet article significantly. These two weak articles should be made into one strong article. Since Western Standard diet is the term used in medical texts, and is less America-centric, it should be the merge-to article. F-451 (talk) 02:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I think that the standard American diet should be a SECTION of the western pattern diet (South America doesn't eat like North America) perhaps we should also move western pattern diet to North American pattern diet or something...Wubrgamer (talk) 16:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose the merge into Standard American diet (that article should be moved to follow WP naming conventions by the way), Support Wubrgamer proposal. Western refers to America Canada and Western Europe, including the UK and Ireland. The pattern of these countries/regions varies somewhat.--Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 06:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose (both) as Standard American Diet is more of an essay about American obesity, while this is an article on a specific dietary habit. So there's little content to merge. Perhaps if Standard American Diet were a stronger article they might be something to take from it. Also oppose moving, as Western Pattern Diet is the term used in scientific literature, it's not made up for the article. —Pengo 08:31, 3 May 2008 (UTC)