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dietetic

dietetic

4 6.0
About food and diets that affect health
  • adjective
  • /ˌdaɪəˈtɛtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : dietético
  • Many athletes follow a dietetic plan to enhance their performance.
  • Dietetic Association
  • American Dietetic
  • dietetic practice

Examples

  • Someone should tell those folks that both spices and flavorful vegetables are dietetic plusses!

    Blog text (4)
  • I lecture on this topic to senior pre-med and dietetic students in my biochemical nutrition course.

    Blog text (5)
  • How to help student professionals acquire necessary skills and knowledge is important in a dietetic training program.

    Academic text (2004)
  • You're eating my special dietetic lunch.

  • Additionally, patients with HNC have previously been reported to be noncompliant with dietetic advice.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Dietetic assessments of the patients' difficulty with dietary compliance were consistent with the observed weight increases.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The doctor gave her dietetic advice to help improve her health.

  • He carefully selected dietetic options from the menu to maintain a balanced diet.

Synonyms

nutritional
vsdietetic
62 3.5

Food that helps people grow and stay healthy

focuses more narrowly on eating choices that affect health rather than growth
dietary
vsdietetic
  • Specialized
2 3.9

About the food and drink a person eats that affects their health

has a more general relation to eating and health rather than personal habits
dietetical
vsdietetic
  • Specialized
8.1

About a special diet used for health or medical reasons

is broader, linking food choices to health without focusing on control

Surface Forms

dietetic positive

Morphology

dietetic = diet (transparent) = diet + etic

Standard adjectival formation from 'diet' with the relational suffix '-etic', so the meaning 'relating to diet' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Dietetic comes from the Greek word diaita, which meant 'way of life' and is the same source as the English word diet. So something dietetic is about diet and how food affects health.