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Recent Examples of dieting
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
The paper also found that former users of a wider list of weight-loss drugs regain weight four times more quickly than those who had used behavioral techniques like dieting or exercise.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The wellness guru believes that the secret to dieting is feeding your gut microbiome, which is the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that inhabit your intestinal tract and bear huge impact on your weight and health.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Pay attention — not just to calories Frie emphasized that managing appetite isn’t just about dieting but about paying attention to factors like sleep quality, mood, light exposure, stress and daily activity — all of which influence hunger and food choices, especially in winter.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Boosting your physical activity to improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and health — and not dieting — is definitely the better option, according to one 2024 meta-analysis.
—CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
The fear of regaining weight can make reverse dieting and adding calories back into your eating pattern mentally challenging.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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
The paper also found that former users of a wider list of weight-loss drugs regain weight four times more quickly than those who had used behavioral techniques like dieting or exercise.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
The wellness guru believes that the secret to dieting is feeding your gut microbiome, which is the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that inhabit your intestinal tract and bear huge impact on your weight and health.
—Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
Pay attention — not just to calories Frie emphasized that managing appetite isn’t just about dieting but about paying attention to factors like sleep quality, mood, light exposure, stress and daily activity — all of which influence hunger and food choices, especially in winter.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
Boosting your physical activity to improve your cardiorespiratory fitness and health — and not dieting — is definitely the better option, according to one 2024 meta-analysis.
—CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
The fear of regaining weight can make reverse dieting and adding calories back into your eating pattern mentally challenging.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dieting
abstemiousness
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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
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“Dieting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dieting. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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