Section 2
SEC. 2. Definitions. The following definitions, unless the context otherwise requires, shall govern in the application and construction of this Decree: (a) Board The Board of Nutrition and Dietetics (b) Commission The Professional Regulation Commission created under Presidential Decree No. 223. (c) Nutrition The science of foods, the nutrients and other substances therein, their action, interaction, and balance in relation to health and disease and the process by which the organism ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, utilizes and excretes food substances. In addition, nutrition must be concerned with certain social, economic, cultural and psychological implications of food and eating. (d) Dietetics refers primarily to the therapeutic and food service aspects of the delivery of nutritional services in hospitals and other health care institutions. (e) Nutritionist dietitian A person who is qualified to practice nutrition and dietetics as provided for under this Decree.