Dietetics

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That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. - H. Spencer.

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dietetics - the scientific study of food preparation and intake

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