dieteticsnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdaɪ.əˈtet.ɪks/us/ˌdaɪ.əˈtet̬.ɪks/the scientific study of the food that people eat and its effects on health
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Diets & dieting
- anorexia nervosa
- balanced diet
- caloric
- calorie-controlled
- calorific
- comfort eating
- complex carbohydrate
- crash diet
- deficiency disease
- empty calories
- fattening
- intake
- low-calorie
- macrobiotic
- malnourished
- nutraceutical
- nutritious
- slimmer
- sugar-free
- vegetarian
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Medical studies & the people who study them
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- A good, nourishing meal always contributes more to health than many lectures on dietetics.
- Much emphasis is laid upon the dietetics of fevers, and this branch of treatment is highly elaborated.
- No housewife is properly fitted for her task unless she has some knowledge of dietetics.
- Salt has always played an important and picturesque part in the history of dietetics.
- So he must know something of dietetics and he must have a balanced diet.