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[dahy-it] / ˈdaɪ ɪt /




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Healthier habits, including better diet, regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and not smoking, measurably reduced the loss of disease-free years associated with social isolation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

This is likely due to the loss of muscle or to a diet lacking in protein and other nutrients.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He’s equally intense about his diet, which includes plenty of meat—and every part of the animal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Another species of penguin, the macaroni, also nests on the island and is thriving, which scientists believe is linked to their more varied diet.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rather than jar his fragile stomach with solid foods, the doctor decided he should be put on a liquid diet until he got better.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe

By keeping their diets identical, the researchers could more clearly isolate the effects of exercise.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Deep food acculturation meant that Jewish and Muslim diets were often indistinguishable” which still include prohibitions on pork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ketone bodies also appear during fasting or very low-calorie diets, when the body must draw on stored fat for energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Experts say the data reflects the impact of the "global obesity epidemic, poor diets and insufficient exercise"

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Maize lacks digestible niacin, the amino acids lysine and tryptophan, necessary to make proteins and diets with too much maize can lead to protein deficiency and pellagra, a disease caused by lack of niacin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“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

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

Repeated weight loss followed by weight regain, often called "yo-yo dieting" or weight cycling, has long been viewed as unhealthy and potentially even worse than staying overweight.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

It’s that vicious dieting cycle, like when I was younger.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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