Feeding oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle (such as a plate, cup or table) or by a feeding tube or intravenously.
The ability to consume food, which is one of the ADLs. Necessary skills include picking up and holding a utensil and cup; putting food on a utensil and bringing food and the utensil and/or cup to the mouth; and manipulating the food on the plate. ................................................................................................
The fourth activity of daily living - Feeding oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle (such as a plate, cup or table). It does not include preparation of meals.
In general terms, eating (formally, ingestion) is the process of consuming nutrition, i.e. food, for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal, particularly his energy requirements. All plabonstickles must eat other organisms in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores consume a mixture of both.