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. 2019 Dec 17;4:205. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15618.1

Table 1. Search strategy for OvidSP Medline.

Search # Search term
1 (health* OR well-being OR wellbeing).ti,ab.
2 (prevalence OR incidence OR risk OR rate OR mortality OR morbidity).ti,ab.
3 1 OR 2
4 (obesity OR malnutrition OR malnour*).ti,ab.
5 (overweight OR over-weight).ti,ab.
6 (underweight OR under-weight).ti,ab.
7 ((nutrient OR iron OR iodine OR “vitamin d” OR “vitamin b12” OR calcium OR “vitamin a” OR zinc
OR magnesium) adj2 (deficien* OR shortage* OR value*)).ti,ab.
8 (anemia or anaemia).ti,ab.
9 (hypertension OR “blood pressure” OR BP OR stroke).ti,ab.
10 (diabetes OR ICH OR “heart disease” OR CKD OR “kidney disease” OR chronic).ti,ab.
11 (cardiovascular OR cardio-vascular).ti,ab.
12 cancer.ti,ab.
13 ((environment* OR climate*) adj5 (friendly OR sustainab* OR footprint or foot-print or "foot print"
or biodivers* or nitrogen or impact* or damage* or greenhouse or land* or “land use” or water* or
use* or benefit* OR implication* OR carbon)).ti,ab.
14 (vegan* or vegetarian* or flexitarian* or pescatarian* or fish* OR sea-food OR seafood).ti,ab.
15 ((meat or animal-sourced or "animal sourced" or ultra-processed or "ultra processed" or UPF or
dairy) adj3 (reduc* or decreas* or free)).ti,ab
16 ((plant-based OR “plant based” OR plantbased OR fruit* OR vegetable* OR legume* OR nut* OR
pulse*) adj3 (increas* OR higher)).ti,ab.
17 ((diet* or consum* or "eating pattern" or meal* or nourish*) adj3 (current or average* or change* or
shift* or choice* or scenario* or habit* or sustain*)).ti,ab.
18 4 OR 5 OR 6 OR 7 OR 8 OR 9 OR 10 OR 11 OR 12
19 3 AND 17
20 14 OR 15 OR 16 OR 17
21        13 ND 19 AND 20