[goodpoint]

> the western diet is severely lacking in vegetables

The mediterranean diet has plenty and it is "western". Maybe you mean the american diet?

[metalliqaz]

Perhaps. I don't really know how these terms are defined. However I recall reading that American/British/Australian eating habits have invaded "Mediterranean" areas and are having the same negative effects.

[spicymaki]

Those same bad eating habits have also invaded China with dire consequences.