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Nutritional science (also nutrition science, sometimes short nutrition, dated trophology [1]) is the science that studies the physiological process of nutrition (primarily human nutrition), interpreting the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism.
Nutrition Teaching: Suggestions and Devices (1953) The Story of Nutrition Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine (1959) Some Aspects of the History of Dietetics (1965) Development of Knowledge in Nutrition (1967) Essays on History of Nutrition and Dietetics (with Adelia M. Beeuwkes and Emma Seifrit Weigley, 1967)
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients , which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures.
The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is a free nutrition education program serving low-income adults around the U.S. This program is funded by the Food Nutrition Service's (FNS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) usually through a local state academic institution that runs the program.
[1]: 150 She was an advocate for improved health through better nutrition. She wrote an early textbook on nutrition in 1942, followed by four best-selling books for consumers which praised the value of natural foods and criticized the diet of the average American. Her books sold over 10 million copies and helped shape America's eating habits.
Beverages, vegetables, fruit and grains are marked green for "free travel"; meat and dairy are marked yellow for "caution"; and oils, fats, sweets and alcohol are marked red for "brake lights". [20] Aid also collaborated with the German Nutrition Society to create a 3D pyramid model. [21]
Currently, nutrition labels include many of these same features, though serving size has been bolded, and there is now a separate line for added sugars, among other small changes.
In his autobiography, McCollum attributed his success in nutrition to two people: Stephen Babcock (above) and Marguerite Davis. [18]In Wisconsin, McCollum was assigned to analyze cow feed and the animal's milk, blood, feces, and urine for the famous single-grain experiment, directed by department chief Stephen Babcock and his successor Edwin B. Hart.