The phrase "a pattern of consumption" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing trends or habits related to how goods or services are used or purchased by individuals or groups.
Example: "The study revealed a pattern of consumption that indicated a shift towards more sustainable products among younger consumers."
Alternatives: "a consumption trend" or "a consumption behavior".
We might borrow money or draw on our savings to maintain a pattern of consumption in lean times, while prime-earning years afford opportunities to build a nest egg.
A study using cross-sectional network data collected in Australia found that male peers were likely to share a pattern of consumption of high calorie foods, though, again, the nature of the data did not allow for the authors to distinguish between selection effects and peer influence [ 26].
In a "point of view memo" written by the Contaminants Committee, Public Health Department, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB)[ 5] in response to hearings regarding the EM1A/Rupert River Diversion Project Environmental Review, it was suggested that fish consumption advisories recommend a pattern of fish consumption very different from traditional consumption patterns.
This is the first study to clearly show a pattern of increased consumption of antibiotics in children in the period immediately before the diagnosis of asthma.
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, binge drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level to 0.08percentt or more.
9 In this environment, there is a culture of HAC, 10 defined as "a pattern of alcohol consumption that increases the risk of harmful consequences for the user or others".
Our study results support a strong inverse association between measured truncal adiposity and adherence to the aMED implying that not following such a pattern of dietary consumption may be potentially associated with a preference in fat distribution.
Rather, they may be occurring disproportionately among men with a pattern of alcohol consumption that gave rise to organic pathologies as well as putting them at risk of deaths from external causes.
While manufacturers and product circulators have used commodity pricing, commodity quality, and product diversification to construct the supply market, consumers have gradually created a hierarchical pattern of consumption based on their own purchase preferences.
No change in alcohol use refers to a stable pattern of consumption over the data collection period of the qualitative study.
A trend refers to a pattern of behaviour or consumption that becomes common.
