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The act or restricting one's food or calories to lose weight or for medical reasons
“I always say I want to lose weight, but the diet only lasts a week, and then it's out of the window.”
The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats
“Rice is a staple food in the diet of most Ivoirians.”
A legislative assembly in certain countries
“The term originated with the protest of the reforming minority at the diet of Spires in 1529 against the Catholic majority.”
A meeting of an official body to conduct its business
“Under the October Diploma of 1860, the government agreed to call the diets, which would then elect to the Reichsrat.”
A sequence of actions regularly followed
Diet
Balanced nutrition
Plan for meals during a given period
Medical care given to a patient for an illness or injury
To restrict oneself to small amounts or specific types of food to lose weight
“If a woman, famous or not, decides she needs to diet or have weight loss surgery for her own health or happiness, far be it from me to sit in judgment.”
To deprive oneself of food
Abbreviation of low-calorie
(of food or drink) Low in fat content, and hence low in calories and conducive to weight loss
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