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medical foods
Subject Category
E Economics, Business and Industry
Q Food and Human Nutrition
Definition
A food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation.
Definition Source
Food and Drug Administration
RDF/XML Format:
http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136318.rdf
Source
Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)
Persistent URI:
http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136318
Broader Term
foods
Related Term
functional foods
special diets
Spanish
alimentos medicados
Term Number
136318