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A term used in research to denote “as much or as often as necessary or desired.” For example, in both animal and human experiments, when subjects are provided with “ad libitum,” they are given full access to consume as much as they want.
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Ephi Lu. (2024). Ad libitum. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
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