Nutrition is a branch of science devoted to the study of nutrients. It spans a broad-ranging area, overlapping with many other disciplines including biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, food science, husbandry, dietetics, medicine and public health.
Nutrition is relevant to animal health and to human health.
Dietetics is one of the professions allied to medicine. The dietitian seeks to prevent disease by promoting healthy eating habits and to alleviate disease through helping the subject to achieve therapeutic dietary change. Staff The Unit of Nutrition and Dietetic Studies is an inter-institutional unit, comprising staff members from the Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College, and the Department of Biological Sciences in the Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street. It is small multi-disciplinary group which was initially assembled for teaching purposes, including three nutritionists, three dietitians and two medical doctors. However, the Unit has evolved to encompass considerable collaborative research activity which strengthens the teaching activities.