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nutrition

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Also known as nourishment, aliment, nutritional physiological phenomena, nutritional physiological phenomenon, nutritional phenomena, nutritional physiology

thumb|upright=1.5|alt=see caption|A purple leaf blue butterfly (Amblypodia anita) gathering [[nutrients from guano]]

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Instance of
biological process
Part of
academic discipline
Has part
excretion
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Commons category
Nutrition
different from
nutritional science
studied by
nutritional science
has cause
nutrient
related category
Category:Trophic ecology
topic's main category
Category:Nutrition
NCI Thesaurus ID
C28294
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
contributing factor of
metabolism
practiced by
nutritionist
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Nutrients
  • Nutritional groups
  • Diet
  • Nutrient cycle
  • Foraging
  • Nutrient deficiency
  • In organisms
  • Animal
  • Human
  • Domesticated animal
  • Plant
  • Fungus
  • Protist
  • Prokaryote
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography

thumb|upright=1.5|alt=see caption|A purple leaf blue butterfly (Amblypodia anita) gathering [[nutrients from guano]]

Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into macro- and micro-) which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures; too much or too little of an essential nutrient can cause malnutrition. Nutritional science, the study of nutrition as a hard science, typically emphasizes human nutrition.

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