nutrition nutrition /njuːˈtrɪʃ.ən/ aep /nuː-/ noun [U]
1 C1 the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they influence your health: » Good nutrition is essential if patients are to make a quick recovery.» improvements in nutritionThesaurus+: ↑Diets and dieting2 F0 the process of taking in and using food, or the scientific study of this: » She's a professor of nutrition at Columbia University.Thesaurus+: ↑Diets and dieting |