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dietary intake

dietary intake

1 2.9
Types and amounts of food and drink people eat
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪəˌtɛri ˈɪnˌteɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ingesta dietética
  • Analyzing her dietary intake helped her identify areas for nutritional improvement.
  • dietary intake of calcium
  • dietary intake of lutein
  • daily dietary intake

You've got whole textbooks on the, the linkages between dietary intake, endocrine balance, immune system function.

Examples

  • Each participant recorded dietary intake on three independent days.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The data is used in field studies that evaluate the impact of dietary intakes on the relationships among nutrition, health, and function.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Overall, dietary intake for the group was low.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Sex and age 50 may moderate the effects of limit setting on dietary intake.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But in all cases, these are significant variations from what the recommended dietary intake should be.

  • A key factor in nutrition assessment is laboratory testing, along with other measures of dietary intake.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Vitamin D is also of major importance and can be supplemented when dietary intake is not sufficient.

    Academic text (2002)
  • When dietary intake of either calcium or vitamin D is not at recommended levels, supplements may be necessary.

    Academic text (2002)
  • A primary limitation of the study is that dietary intake, physical activity, and bone mineral content and density were assessed only once.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Usual current dietary intake (during the previous 12 months) was assessed by using a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ).

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

diet
vsdietary intake
283 1.0

The food and drink a person or animal usually eats

focuses on specific types and amounts consumed rather than regular habits
intake
vsdietary intake
56 3.0

How much food and drink a person eats or drinks

focuses on types and amounts consumed rather than the act of eating or drinking

How Much

overeating
9 2.1
dietary intake
  • Specialized
1 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

dietary + intake

The components 'dietary' (relating to diet/food) and 'intake' (amount taken in) combine compositionally to yield the meaning 'types and amounts of food and drink consumed.' This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common noun phrase formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Dietary intake paints a simple picture: dietary means the kinds of food someone chooses and intake is what they take into their body. So dietary intake means the 'types and amounts of food and drink' a person eats.