The Growth of Food-Diet-Nutrition Literature in PubMed
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The Growth of Food- Diet-Nutrition Literature in PubMed This slide set is based on a poster presented at the Medical Library Association annual meeting in Austin, Texas, in May 2015. Go to the next slide to see the poster. Xiaomei Gu, MSLS, Janna C. Lawrence, MLIS, Eric Rumsey MLS
The Growth of Food-Diet-Nutrition Literature in PubMed
1. The Growth of Food-Diet- Nutrition Literature in PubMed This
slide set is based on a poster presented at the Medical Library
Association annual meeting in Austin, Texas, in May 2015. Go to the
next slide to see the poster. Xiaomei Gu, MSLS, Janna C. Lawrence,
MLIS, Eric Rumsey MLS
2. For details about the poster, and how this slide set is
related to it, go to the next slide.
3. The charts and introductory information at the top of the
poster are on the next 3 slides. Its helpful to look at this before
going ahead to the slides that follow, which are expanded versions
of the charts for the individual food-diet- nutrition subjects on
the poster. All of the images that accompany the charts are
licensed for educational use; rights information is given for all
images at the end of the slide set.
4. All citations vs Fruit We have discovered that for many
food-diet-nutrition (FDN) subjects, the growth in citations in
PubMed increased greatly about 1990. For our study, we searched
PubMed for FDN- related words in the article title, and compared
this to the growth rate for all citations in PubMed (all searches
were limited to human subjects). The chart below shows the growth
rate for fruit (orange) and for all citations (grey). This shows
that the growth rate for fruit remained essentially flat until
about 1990, then began its rapid rise.
5. All citations vs Vegetables Searching for vegetables shows a
similar pattern, remaining fairly flat until about 1990, then
beginning to rise.
6. All citations vs Heart As a control, we also searched for
general medical words. They generally showed a growth pattern
similar to all citations, as shown below for heart. The slides that
follow show the citation growth rate for a variety of food-diet-
nutrition related subjects. They all have a pattern similar to
fruit and vegetables, with increasing growth after about 1990.
7. Soft Drink For reference, the charts below show the rapid
rise in citations for fruit & vegetables after 1990 (about half
way across the charts). Heart is representative of general medical
subjects, which have grown at about the same rate as all citations
in PubMed. For larger versions of the charts below and more
explanation, go to slides 2-4. Fruit Vegetables Heart
8. Sweet Potato
9. Breakfast
10. Pomegranate
11. Fast Food
12. Chocolate
13. Red meat
14. Olive Oil
15. Tea
16. Turmeric
17. Beef
18. Tomato
19. Obesity
20. Strawberries
21. Cranberry
22. Meat
23. Dietary Fiber
24. Coffee
25. Blueberry
26. Omega 3
27. Broccoli
28. Credits for images All images are public domain or licensed
to use with attribution. Google Image Search was invaluable in
finding the images. Of the 22 images, 17 are from Wikimedia, 3 from
Pixabay, and 2 are personal photos. Soft drink
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr_Browns_line_12oz.jpg
Sweet potato Personal photo Breakfast
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacon_and_egg_sandwich_-_open_face.JPG
Pomegranate
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granatapfel_2013.jpg Fast
food http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In-N-
Out_Burger_triple_cheeseburgers_and_fries.jpg Chocolate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChocolateA.jpg Red meat
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standing-rib-roast.jpg Olive
Oil
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olive_oil_from_Oneglia.jpg
Tea
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_in_different_grade_of_fermentation.jpg
Turmeric Personal photo Beef
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Longhorn_logo.svg Tomato
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:End_of_Summer_Tomatoes.jpg
Obesity
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Obesity-waist_circumference.svg
Strawberries
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PerfectStrawberry.jpg
Cranberry
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cranberries20101210.jpg Meat
http://pixabay.com/en/chicken-broiler-meat-1140/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minced_beef_meat_cow_cattle.png
Dietary fiber
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quaker_Oats_advertisement_1905.jpg
Coffee
http://pixabay.com/en/coffee-cafe-coffee-cream-restaurant-206142/
Blueberry http://pixabay.com/p-2271/ Omega 3
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salmon_Fish.JPG Broccoli
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broccoli_DSC00861.png