dietetics

/ˌdaɪəˈtetɪks/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdaɪəˈtetɪks/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌdī-ə-ˈte-tiks How to pronounce dietetics (audio)/ (ame, mw)

dietetics — 名詞

1. the field that studies food, eating habits, and nutrition, especially how they a

1.名詞C2
釋義

營養學

研究飲食與營養如何影響健康的學科

the field that studies food, eating habits, and nutrition, especially how they affect health and how they can be used in care.

例句

Yara chose dietetics after volunteering in a hospital nutrition clinic.

Yara 在醫院營養門診當志工後，決定念營養學。

choose dietetics - field of study

The dietetics course taught students how meals affect blood sugar.

那門營養學課教學生食物如何影響血糖。

dietetics course - academic context

同義詞
  • nutrition

    broader term that can mean nutrients, eating, or the science behind them, not only the applied field.

  • clinical nutrition

    narrower hospital-focused area dealing with nutrition in patient care.

  • food science

    different field that focuses more on food production, safety, and processing than on human diets.

文法句型

study dietetics

work in dietetics

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and used for the academic or professional field, often after study, teach, and work in. In everyday conversation, nutrition or dietary advice is often more natural when you mean what someone should eat.

常見錯誤

❌She studies a dietetics at college.
✅She studies dietetics at college.
💡dietetics names the field, so it is normally uncountable.
❌The doctor gave me dietetics after my operation.
✅The doctor gave me dietary advice after my operation.' / 'The doctor referred me to a dietitian.
💡dietetics is the field, not the advice or the person.