Nutrition and Diet tags

Question

Should the nutrition and diet tags be merged? They seem to be used interchangeably.

Answer 1

Yes, I think diet should be merged into nutrition and set as a synonym.

Update: and now it is done.

Answer 2

Neither tag has a description, so it's not surprising they get used inaccurately.

I would have thought they were different, but if we cannot define them to be substantially different, then yes, they should be merged.

Suggested definitions (improvements invited)

Diet definitions applicable to cycling would be

• the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person for a special reason (health, weight, performance, etc)

Nutrition definitions can be distinguished from diet as

• The science that deals with nutrients and nutrition