Nutritional anthropology is a synthetic concept that deals with the interplay between economic systems, nutritional status and food security, and how changes in the former affect the latter.
njuːtɹˈɪʃənəl ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi ɪz ɐ sɪnθˈɛɾɪk kˈɑːnsɛpt ðæt dˈiːlz wɪððɪ ˌɪntɚplˈeɪ bᵻtwˌiːn ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk sˈɪstəmz, njuːtɹˈɪʃənəl stˈæɾəs ænd fˈuːd sᵻkjˈʊɹɹᵻɾi, ænd hˌaʊ tʃˈeɪndʒᵻz ɪnðə fˈɔːɹmɚɹ ɐfˈɛkt ðə lˈæɾɚ.