Home›Dietary Law and Religious Food Practice›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the place a food tradition grew out of. Wikipedia notes the Mediterranean diet "is inspired by the eating habits and traditional foods of Greece, Italy and the Mediterranean coasts of France and Spain." This dimension shows which parts of the world have produced the most studied and followed food traditions.FactsOrigin RegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPractice ScopeWell-attestedSourced to the subject's own accountreligious, cultural, or legal prohibition on specific foods 1Origin RegionFilter Results8 entriesOrigin YearAll-800 (1)-538 (2)-257 (1)100 (1)450 (1)610 (1)1930 (1)Adherents Today MaximumAll5,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll4,000,000 (1)324,000,000 (1)Area (sq km)All10,991 (1)22,072 (1)325,000 (1)2,085,292 (1)3,237,500 (1)4,440,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)National Census (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (2)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Obligation to Support, No Set Rate (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Upper-Middle (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1948 (1)1962 (1)LandlockedAllNo (2)Membership Figure As OfAll2001-01-01 (1)2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (2)Origin Period Start YearAll600 BCE (1)500 BCE (1)PopulationAll2,824,913 (1)10,147,200 (1)57,600,000 (1)95,000,000 (1)150,000,000 (1)1,900,000,000 (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (2)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)TheologyAllNon-theistic: no creator god is central (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8The Arabian PeninsulaOrigin Region1 entryBuddhismOrigin Region1 entryThe Indian SubcontinentOrigin Region1 entryIsraelOrigin Region1 entryJainismOrigin Region1 entryJamaicaOrigin Region1 entryThe LevantOrigin Region1 entryThe MediterraneanOrigin Region1 entrySources1. Food and Drink Prohibitions (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaFood and drink prohibitions, lead section, religious and cultural prohibitionsQuote, Food and drink prohibitions, lead section, religious and cultural prohibitionsSome people do not eat various specific foods and beverages in conformity with various religious, cultural, legal or other societal prohibitions.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.