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Dietary intake

Meaning in nutrition & dietetics, with examples

nounCore term

In nutrition & dietetics, dietary intake means: The food, drink and nutrients that a person actually consumes over a period of time, such as a day, a week or a typical month.

In Turkish: besin tüketimi, diyetle alım

How it is used

A central idea in assessment and research. Dietitians 'assess', 'estimate', 'record' or 'analyze' dietary intake using food diaries, 24-hour recalls and questionnaires. You will also see 'intake' after a nutrient: protein intake, salt intake, fluid intake.

Example sentences

  1. We assessed dietary intake using three-day food records.

  2. His dietary intake has dropped since he started chemotherapy.

Common collocations

  • assess dietary intake
  • usual dietary intake
  • inadequate dietary intake
  • fluid intake
  • salt intake
  • food diaryA written or digital record in which a person notes everything they eat and drink over a few days, often with times, amounts and how they felt.
  • 24-hour recallAn interview in which a trained person asks someone to describe everything they ate and drank during the previous 24 hours or the previous day, including amounts and preparation.
  • nutrition assessmentA systematic process in which a dietitian collects and interprets information about a person's diet, body measurements, medical history and lab results to identify nutrition problems.
  • RDARecommended Dietary Allowance: the average daily intake of a nutrient that is enough to meet the needs of nearly all healthy people (about 97–98%) of a given age and sex.

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