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Recent Examples of dieting
Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Fat loss doesn’t always require extreme dieting.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Though frequent exercise and dieting were both crucial to his success, the Grammy winner told the publication that the most important thing was shifting his mindset.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
One of the most popular weight-loss trends of the past decade might not deliver better results than traditional dieting, a major new review found.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
External pressure, such as weight stigma and pressure from coaches and family, media and societal standards of fitness and team culture around dieting and weight, also place athletes at high risk for eating disorders.
—Emily Hemendinger, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
At-home workouts and dieting tips are easily accessible to anyone with internet access, regardless of their age or health status.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Content promoting extreme beauty standards, unhealthy dieting, or body shaming also falls under these limits.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
Small daily changes to sleep, exercise, and diet can add years to your life without extreme workouts or strict dieting.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
Food insecurity, yo-yo dieting and eating disorders have long plagued our communities.
—Emily Brindley
health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
Fat loss doesn’t always require extreme dieting.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Though frequent exercise and dieting were both crucial to his success, the Grammy winner told the publication that the most important thing was shifting his mindset.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2026
One of the most popular weight-loss trends of the past decade might not deliver better results than traditional dieting, a major new review found.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
External pressure, such as weight stigma and pressure from coaches and family, media and societal standards of fitness and team culture around dieting and weight, also place athletes at high risk for eating disorders.
—Emily Hemendinger, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
At-home workouts and dieting tips are easily accessible to anyone with internet access, regardless of their age or health status.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Content promoting extreme beauty standards, unhealthy dieting, or body shaming also falls under these limits.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
Small daily changes to sleep, exercise, and diet can add years to your life without extreme workouts or strict dieting.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dieting
Noun
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The most obvious evidence of that trend is currently taking place in the form of a monthlong exercise in abstemiousness known as Dry January.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2026
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The book promises that an abundant future is possible—a savvy framing, because some environmentalists often claim that the path to well-being runs through abstemiousness, a message that does not tend to resonate with broad swaths of society.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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While each group or person had their own way of fasting — some fast only during the day, have one meal after dark, avoid meat and/or candy or abstain from food altogether — drinking beer was generally permitted under monastic fasting rules.—
Jay R. Brooks,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Dieting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dieting. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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