Tag: Biochemical process

According to the World Health Organization, adequate nutrition is crucial for health and development across all life stages. In scientific terms, nutrition is far more complex than simply eating; it is the fundamental biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life functions.

Over 50% of the daily energy expended by humans is devoted to basic metabolic processes enabled by nutrition. So, which type of process is nutrition? It is a fundamental biological life process encompassing the ingestion, digestion, absorption, and assimilation of nutrients for energy and growth.