dietetics
Britishnoun
Explanation
The science of human nutrition is known as dietetics. If you decide to study dietetics in college, you'll study nutrients and food, as well as anatomy, chemistry, genetics, and more. If someone wants to be a nutritionist or registered dietitian, their field of study will be dietetics. It's basically the science of studying nutrition and then applying those principles to specific patients, clients, or groups. With knowledge of dietetics, you might go into public health, become a doctor, or advise people how to lower their cholesterol or blood sugar by modifying their diets, for example.
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The symposium included twelve specialists representing nutrition, food science, dietetics, nutrition metabolism and physiology, cardiovascular and cognitive health, gut health and microbiology, and both preclinical and clinical research models.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026
I am a registered dietitian and dietetics educator.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2024
Christensen and Erin Holt, who has a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics and hosts the Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast from New Hampshire, can help you sort facts from fads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The 41 allied health professional posts include 10 places in each of physiotherapy and occupation therapy, three in podiatry, five speech and language therapy and three in dietetics.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
To the truth of this assertion every physician who has studied the subject of dietetics can testify.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
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