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food literacy

food literacy noun: an understanding of the impact of food choices on health, the environment, and the community.

Noun

food literacy (countable and uncountable, plural food literacies)

  1. An understanding of the impact of food choices on health, the environment, and the community.

Forms of food literacy

pluralfood literacies

Questions about food literacy

What does food literacy mean?
Food literacy means an understanding of the impact of food choices on health, the environment, and the community.
What part of speech is food literacy?
Food literacy is a noun.
What is the plural of food literacy?
The plural of food literacy is food literacies.

Words near food literacy in the dictionary

  1. food insecurity
  2. food intolerance
  3. food intolerances
  4. food line
  5. food literacies
  6. food literacy
  7. food miles
  8. food mill
  9. food mills
  10. food mixer
  11. food mixers

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