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nutritional status
nu·tri·tion·al sta·tus [ noo-trish-uh-nal, nyoo- stey-tuh s, stat-uhs ]
Subclass of:
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena;
Health Status
Definitions related to nutritional status:
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State of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The state of a person's health in terms of the nutrients in his or her diet.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The state of the body as influenced by the diet and the ability of the diet to maintain an overall healthy condition.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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