dieting

Thân thiện

A woman is dieting by choosing a healthy salad for lunch.

Definition

Noun: The practice of eating food in a regulated way, typically with the goal of losing, gaining, or maintaining weight, or improving health. It involves restricting one's food intake, either in quantity or by limiting specific types of foods.

Usage

"Dieting" refers to the ongoing action or process of following a specific dietary regimen. It is often used to describe a temporary period of controlled eating for a particular purpose.

Examples

• After the holidays, she started dieting to lose a few pounds.
• Constant dieting without professional guidance can be unhealthy.
• His doctor recommended dieting and exercise to manage his cholesterol.

Advanced Usage

• "Yo-yo dieting": A pattern of repeatedly losing weight through dieting and then regaining it.
  • Yo-yo dieting can slow down your metabolism over time.
• "Crash dieting": Following an extremely restrictive diet for rapid, often unhealthy, weight loss.
  • Crash dieting is not a sustainable way to manage your weight.

Variants and Related Words

• Diet (noun): The specific selection of foods a person eats habitually, or a special course of food for a purpose.
  • A balanced diet is important for good health.
• Diet (verb): To eat according to a specific regimen.
  • He is dieting to prepare for the competition.
• Dieter (noun): A person who is dieting.
  • The program offers support for new dieters.

Synonyms

• Fasting (specifically abstaining from all or some food)
• Calorie restriction
• Weight-watching

Related Phrases

• "On a diet": Currently following a dietary regimen.
  • I can't eat cake; I'm on a diet.
• "Dieting and exercising": A common paired phrase highlighting the two main components of many weight management plans.
  • The key to his transformation was consistent dieting and exercising.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

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