Fattening and Nutrient

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Fattening adjective - Subject to or used in the process of finishing or fattening up for slaughter.

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Nutrient is an antonym for fattening.

Nearby Words: fatten, fattened

Nutrient adjective - Providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth.

Usage example: a breakfast drink enriched with nutrient proteins and vitamins

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Fattening is an antonym for nutrient.

Nearby Words: nutritious, nutritive, nutrition, nutritional, nutritionally

Combine this with the explosion in the last few decades of cheap, fattening, nutrient-poor junk food, and you have, for the first time in history, a situation where the poor are fatter than the rich on average.

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