Dietetics

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dietetics \Di`e*tet"ics\, n.
     That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to
     diet or food; rules for diet.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in


           determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than
           potatoes.                                --H. Spencer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dietetics
       n : the scientific study of food preparation and intake

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "dietetics":
     acid-ash diet, allergy diet, bland diet, calorie chart,
     calorie counter, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dieting,
     dietotherapy, enzymology, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet,
     low-carbohydrate diet, low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, pap,
     regime, regimen, salt-free diet, soft diet, spoon victuals,
     ulcer diet, vegetarianism, vitamin-deficiency diet, vitaminology