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Chapter 1 Food Choices And Human Health Food: medically, any substance that the body can take in and assimilate that will enable it to stay alive and to grow, the carrier of nourishment; socially, a more limited number of such substances defined as acceptable by each culture. Diet: the food (including beverages) a person usually eats and drinks. Nutrition: the study of the nutrients in foods and in the body; sometimes also the study of human behaviors related of food. Nutrients: components of food that are indispensable to the body’s functioning. They provide energy, se