Define the term nutrition

Answer 1

Nutrition, nourishment, or aliment, is the supply of materials - food - required by organisms and cells to stay alive. In science and human medicine, nutrition is the science or practice of consuming and utilizing foods.

In hospitals, nutrition may refer to the food requirements of patients, including nutritional solutions delivered via an IV (intravenous) or IG (intragastric) tube.

Nutritional science studies how the body breaks food down (catabolism) and repairs and creates cells and tissue (anabolism) - catabolism and anabolism = metabolism. Nutritional science also examines how the body responds to food. In other words, "nutritional science investigates the metabolic and physiological responses of the body to diet".

Answer 2

The intake of organic substances (the substances are compounds of carbon) and mineral ions which are used for energy and their raw materials for growth and repair.

Answer 3

Nutrition is actually a process used to describe the absorption of food, minerals, and vitamins. Good nutrition leads to healthy growth.