"Meals" 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.
A portion of the food eaten for the day, usually at regular occasions during the day.
| Descriptor ID |
D062407
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.203.300.590 J02.500.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Mealtimes- Mealtimes
- Meal Times
- Time, Meal
- Times, Meal
- Meal Time
- Mealtime
Dinner Time- Dinner Time
- Dinner Times
- Time, Dinner
- Times, Dinner
- Dinnertime
- Dinnertimes
Dinner- Dinner
- Dinners
- Supper
- Suppers
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meals" by people in Profiles.
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Ready-to-Use School Meals in Northern Ghana Are a Viable Alternative to Traditional School Meals. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Oct; 1552(1):29-35.
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Food parenting practices, family meals, and preschoolers' dietary intake: A study of Hispanic families with low incomes. Appetite. 2025 Jul 01; 211:108017.
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Modifying an Open Science Online Grocery for parents of youth with anorexia nervosa: A proof-of-concept study. Int J Eat Disord. 2023 05; 56(5):1011-1020.
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Randomized controlled trial of a novel lifestyle intervention used with or without meal replacements in work sites. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 02; 31(2):374-389.
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Psychosocial, Medical, and Demographic Variables Associated with Parent Mealtime Behavior in Young Children Recently Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2023 Feb-Mar 01; 44(2):e111-e118.
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Meals, Microbiota and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents (MMM-Study): A protocol for an observational longitudinal case-control study. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0273855.
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Meal provision in early childhood education and care programs: Association with geographic disadvantage, social disadvantage, cost, and market competition in an Australian population. Soc Sci Med. 2022 11; 312:115317.
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Dietary Intake among Children Attending Childcare Centers: Impact of the New CACFP Meal Guidelines. Nutrients. 2022 Aug 18; 14(16).
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Effect of liquid and solid test meals on symptoms and gastric myoelectrical activity in patients with gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2023 02; 35(2):e14376.
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Home Cooking Quality Assessment Tool Validation Using Community Science and Crowdsourcing Approaches. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 05; 54(5):465-474.