With increased interest in the importance of diet in preventing and treating chronic diseases, plant-based foods (PBFs) have gotten much attention in recent years. Realizing that PBFs are a more important part of the diet in many non-US countries, we will analyze the country of authors for articles in PubMed on PBFs.
To determine whether some countries have more emphasis on PBF research than others, we will use a hedge that we have developed to search in PubMed for PBFs. We will combine this with a search for the country of the authors. In addition to searching for PBFs in general, we will also search for specific types of PBFs and combine this with the country of the authors. In addition to searching for PBFs in general, we will also search for specific types of PBFs and combine this with the country of the authors.