DIETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dieting mean? 

• DIETING (noun)
  The noun DIETING has 1 sense:

1. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

  Familiarity information: DIETING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIETING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diet; dieting

Hypernyms ("dieting" is a kind of...):

fast; fasting (abstaining from food)

Derivation:

diet (eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight)

diet (follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons)

 Context examples 

They further suggest that eating at the wrong time at night will not lead to weight loss even when dieting.

(Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Thus, the researchers observed that those adolescents who reported different types of dietary restrictions (different types of diet, dieting very often, skipping breakfast, eating less frequently, etc.), along with those who were obese and those who had unhealthy behaviors unrelated to food (such as smoking or having insufficient sleep), felt less pleasure, attraction and desire to eat the highly palatable foods they were looking at (images of sweets, donuts, ice‑creams, chocolate crêpes, etc.).

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

Translated into human behavior, these studies suggest that dieting will only be effective if calories are consumed during the daytime when we are awake and active.

(Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)