Dietary

Dietary

Dietary (pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ter.i/) refers to the types and amounts of food that a person, animal, or community habitually consumes. The term is derived from the Greek word diaita, which means "way of life".

Etymology

The term dietary is derived from the Latin word diaeta, which was borrowed from Greek diaita, meaning "way of life, regimen, diet". The word was first used in English in the 14th century.

Related Terms

• Diet: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
• Nutrition: The process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
• Calorie: A unit of energy, often used as a measurement of the amount of energy that is contained in food.
• Macronutrient: A type of food (e.g. fat, protein, carbohydrate) required in large amounts in the diet.
• Micronutrient: A type of food required in small amounts in the diet.
• Vitamin: Any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
• Mineral: A solid, naturally occurring substance that has a definite chemical composition and structure, some of which are required in small quantities in the diet.

See Also

• Dietary Supplement: A product intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients.
• Dietary Guidelines: A set of advisory statements developed by the government to promote health and prevent chronic diseases through diet and physical activity.
• Dietary Fiber: The edible parts of plants or analogous carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine.

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Dietary
• Wikipedia's article - Dietary

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