nutritional

UK/njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/US/nuˈtɹɪʃ.ə.nəl/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #11,339 of 15,258leans written

Nutritional means to do with the goodness in food. Nutritional value, nutritional information, nutritional needs.

The word is neutral where nutritious is a compliment — a food can have poor nutritional value and still be nutritional in subject. Labels give nutritional information per hundred grams so different products can be compared honestly. Note nutrition, and nourish beside it.

Definitions of nutritional

1adjectivenutritionalTo do with the goodness in food.B2+
“Crisps taste good but have very little nutritional value.”

nutritional is a quality of food.

Where it comes from

Latin
nutritio
Old French
nutricion
Middle French
nutrition
English
nutrition
English, today
nutritional

From nutrition + -al. nutrition Middle French nutrition, from Old French nutricion, from Latin nutritio.

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nutritional in the wild

Primary nutritional groups are groups of organisms, divided according to the sources of energy, electrons, and carbon needed for living, growth, and reproduction.
Primary nutritional groups
The person receives a nutritional mix according to a formula including glucose, salts, amino acids, lipids, vitamins, and dietary minerals.
Parenteral nutrition
Labels are usually based on official nutritional rating systems.
Nutrition facts label
Nutritional anthropology is the study of the interplay between human biology, economic systems, nutritional status and food security.
Nutritional anthropology
Clinical nutrition centers on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional changes in patients linked to chronic diseases and conditions primarily in health care.
Clinical nutrition

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the nutritio family

nutrition nutritional

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