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[dahy-it] / ˈdaɪ ɪt /




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Researchers at several universities in China, in a study involving more than 1,500 high-school students, found that their future time perspective was damaged by a steady diet of such short-form videos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

They also recommend looking after your health as carefully as your money, including regular checkups, exercise, a good diet and enough sleep.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Researchers believe it is the first study to compare depression symptoms in the same participants before and after they moved from their usual ultra-processed diet to healthier foods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

England are on a diet of white-ball cricket until three Tests in South Africa in December as they build up to the 50-over World Cup in southern Africa next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

To stand out, consumer-goods giants have tried to get more creative with their new products, leaning into trends like the ongoing protein craze and the frenzy around higher-fiber diets.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

In many cases, blood pressure can be controlled through lifestyle changes such as weight loss, healthy diets and exercise, along with treatment using any of a variety of medications.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The use of GLP-1 medications has also reshaped consumers’ diets and changed their appetite for snacks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The island nation's cuisine predominantly consists of fish, vegetables, and rice - and less saturated fat than many Western diets.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Too impatient to endure a long range diet, he went on radical diets that seemed like preludes to famine.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

“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

Both were usually euphemisms for the same thing: I was dieting, and I had already begun the day’s arithmetic.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Lisa” represents a woman in her late 30s or 40s with a long history of dieting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

They viewed 10 potentially harmful videos focused on dieting and body image, mimicking the behaviour of a new user showing interest in that kind of content.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

People in both dieting groups also reported improvements in depression and overall well being, including on fasting days.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

Most people had the sense not to share a dieting trick with an overweight person, but no one seemed to think it was wrong to share their acne remedies with me.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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