Health Food

"Health Food" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. (from Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)

Descriptor ID

D019123

MeSH Number(s)

J02.500.525.450

Concept/Terms

Health Food

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Food".

Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Food and Beverages [J02]
Food [J02.500]
Foods, Specialized [J02.500.525]
Health Food [J02.500.525.450]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Health Food".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Food".

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