Table 1.

Summary of Search Approach.

List	Details
Search Date	October–November 2023
Databases	PubMed, ProQuest, and Cochrane
Search Terms	“Dietary pattern” “diet” “food pattern” “Mediterranean diet” “plant-based diet” “healthy diet” “unhealthy diet” “prudent diet” “pro-inflammatory diet” “western diet” “Palaeolithic diet” “nutrient” “processed food” “DASH” AND “Breast Cancer” “Breast carcinoma” “mammary cancer” AND “Bahrain” “Egypt” “Iran” “Iraq” “Jordan” “Kuwait” “Lebanon” “Oman” “Palestine” “Qatar” “Saudi Arabia” “Syria” “Turkey” “United Arab Emirates” “Yemen” “Middle East” “Arab countries”
Time Frame	2000–2023
Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria	All study designs except for narrative/literature review. English Studies
Collection Procedure	The literature search was conducted independently by all authors