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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > products and commodities > agricultural products > foods > medical foods
Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality > foods > medical foods
Preferred Term:

medical foods

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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
foods
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136318
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RDF/XMLCreated 2010-06-04, last modified 2012-11-30