我觉得这才是原句:The history of clinical nutrition (or the study of the relationship between health and how the body takes in and utilizes food substances )can be divided into four distinct eras.
the study 是clinical nutrition的同位语。
临床营养学是研究健康和身体是如何吸收和利用食物成分间关系的学科,他的历史可以分为四个不同的阶段。。