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Eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
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dieting
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diet \Di"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting .] To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] --Shak. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. She diets him with fasting every day. --Spenser. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) [syn: diet ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated and supervised fashion to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight. In other words, it is conscious control or restriction of the diet . A restricted diet is often used by those who are overweight ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of following a diet. vb. (present participle of diet English)
Usage examples of dieting.
I knew from taking the dieting plunge so many times that I did not want to deprive myself or I would quit as I always did.
Jane, who started dieting about forty years ago at the age of twelve, the same time her adolescent hormones began to go haywire.
I obsess about sweets, and after dieting for a week I usually binge on cookies, candy, or cake.
Warning signs include extreme preoccupation with weight, strict dieting followed by high-calorie eating binges, overeating when distressed, feeling out of control, disappearing after a meal, depressive moods, alcohol or drug abuse, frequent use of laxatives or diuretics, excessive exercising, and irregularities in menstrual cycle.
You may need more than these numbers, especially if you are dieting, under stress, or have had an illness.
This important study has vast public health implications concerning weight loss and risk of osteoporosis due to the incessant dieting of many women.
This also explains why conventional, low-calorie dieting rarely works for very long.