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nutritionism

nutritionism noun: a paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in foods that determine their value in the diet.

Noun

nutritionism (uncountable)

  1. A paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in foods that determine their value in the diet.

Origin of nutritionism

From nutrition + -ism.

Questions about nutritionism

What does nutritionism mean?
Nutritionism means a paradigm that assumes that it is the scientifically identified nutrients in foods that determine their value in the diet.
What part of speech is nutritionism?
Nutritionism is a noun.

Words near nutritionism in the dictionary

  1. nutritional yeast
  2. nutritional yeasts
  3. nutritionalist
  4. nutritionalists
  5. nutritionally
  6. nutritionism
  7. nutritionist
  8. nutritionists
  9. nutritionless
  10. nutritions
  11. nutritionwise

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