From “carbohydrate” to standardized Chinese terminology: historical evolution and implications for nutrition communication (opens in new tab)

The Chinese translation of “carbohydrate” has long been a topic of considerable debate in chemistry, biomedicine, and nutrition-related disciplines. This issue is not merely linguistic. In Chinese-language contexts, inconsistency among carbohydrate-related expressions may create ambiguity in nutrition education and public understanding, and may introduce practical challenges for literature retrieval and interdisciplinary collaboration, especially in fields such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2...