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diet

[dahy-it] / ˈdaɪ ɪt /




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He follows a carnivore diet, picks up snakes with his bare hands, and pushes videos of himself doing pushups shirtless and in jeans.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

Their memory-related brain responses remained reduced even after they returned to a healthier diet.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Dix was a baseball prodigy too cocky and flashy for his own good who now coasts through life on his long-ago heroics coupled with charm and an undeserved diet of luck.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Italian children have become some of the most overweight in Europe, despite the country being famous for the so-called Mediterranean diet.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

We none of us can abide too much longer this containment, trapped here as we all eat our diet of galling news and the smoke of ruin.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Meanwhile, Cracker Barrel, founded in 1969, was showing its signs of age as consumers focused on wellness and alternative diets and ordered more food online.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Their research transformed a regional way of eating into one of the world's best-known diets; a blueprint for healthy living.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t recommended that people cut fresh produce out of their diets, only that they avoid recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

And those diets are tailored by position since a midfielder, who may run more than seven miles in a match, burns more calories than a goalkeeper.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The diets of cornbread and sowbelly and syrup, the crowding of four and five persons to a single room.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

“I just couldn’t look like that no matter how much I dieted or went to the gym.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

“Apartments without dining rooms, as if anticipating a future where families disintegrated, compulsively dieted, or ate alone, in front of televisions.”

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2024

For example, one study revealed that compared with daughters of nondieting women, 5-year-old girls whose mothers dieted were aware of the connection between dieting and thinness.

From Salon Feb. 22, 2024

The sales rep said: "I yo-yo dieted my whole life, for 30 years, and I got my sleeve two years ago."

From BBC Jan. 15, 2024

He dieted on eggs and cottage cheese three or four times a year.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

These changes may help explain why dieting affects not only body size, but also food cravings, self control, and the drive to eat.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

The loss of lean tissue is similar to weight loss from dieting, but the magnitude over a short period can lead to frailty, instability and lack of coordination, doctors and researchers say.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

These concerns have influenced public opinion and even medical advice, leading some people to believe repeated dieting attempts may ultimately cause more harm than benefit.

From Science Daily May 17, 2026

It found that people who came off weight-loss injections regained their lost pounds four times more quickly than those who stopped a programme of conventional dieting and exercising.

From BBC May 13, 2026

She was always dieting, and I was always telling her not to.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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