Human nutritionHuman nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and good health. Poor nutrition is a chronic problem often linked…View analysis →
NutritionNutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with…View analysis →
Dietary fiberDietary fiber (also spelled fibre), or roughage, is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes. Dietary fibers are diverse…View analysis →
DietitianA dietitian or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube…View analysis →
NutrientA nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow and reproduce. The requirement for dietary nutrient intake applies to animals, plants, fungi and protists…View analysis →
MicronutrientMicronutrients are essential chemicals required by organisms in small quantities to perform various biogeochemical processes and regulate physiological functions of cells and…View analysis →
Nutritional scienceNutritional science (also nutrition science, sometimes short nutrition, dated trophology) is the science that studies the physiological process of nutrition (primarily human…View analysis →
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly and colloquially still known as the Food Stamp Program, or simply food stamps, is a United States federal…View analysis →
