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    diet
    /ˈdʌɪət/

    noun

    • 1. the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats: "a vegetarian diet" Similar selection of foodfood and drinkfoodfoodstuffs
    • 2. a special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons: "I'm going on a diet" Similar dietary regimedietary regimendietary programmerestricted dietOpposite binge

    verb

    • 1. restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight: "I began dieting again"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDIET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of diet as a noun, adjective and verb, with synonyms, collocations and examples. Find out how diet relates to food, health, weight loss and more.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dietDiet Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Learn the various meanings and uses of the word diet, from food and drink to legislature. See examples, synonyms, etymology, and related phrases of diet.

  5. www.who.int › fact-sheets › detailHealthy diet - World Health Organization (WHO)

    • Practical Advice on Maintaining A Healthy Diet
    • How to Promote Healthy Diets
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    Fruit and vegetables

    Eating at least 400 g, or five portions, of fruit and vegetables per day reduces the risk of NCDs (2)and helps to ensure an adequate daily intake of dietary fibre. Fruit and vegetable intake can be improved by: 1. always including vegetables in meals; 2. eating fresh fruit and raw vegetables as snacks; 3. eating fresh fruit and vegetables that are in season; and 4. eating a variety of fruit and vegetables.

    Fats

    Reducing the amount of total fat intake to less than 30% of total energy intake helps to prevent unhealthy weight gain in the adult population (1, 2, 3). Also, the risk of developing NCDs is lowered by: 1. reducing saturated fats to less than 10% of total energy intake; 2. reducing trans-fats to less than 1% of total energy intake; and 3. replacing both saturated fats and trans-fats with unsaturated fats (2, 3)– in particular, with polyunsaturated fats. Fat intake, especially saturated fat an...

    Salt, sodium and potassium

    Most people consume too much sodium through salt (corresponding to consuming an average of 9–12 g of salt per day) and not enough potassium (less than 3.5 g). High sodium intake and insufficient potassium intake contribute to high blood pressure, which in turn increases the risk of heart disease and stroke (8, 11). Reducing salt intake to the recommended level of less than 5 g per day could prevent 1.7 million deaths each year (12). People are often unaware of the amount of salt they consume....

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    Diet evolves over time, being influenced by many social and economic factors that interact in a complex manner to shape individual dietary patterns. These factors include income, food prices (which will affect the availability and affordability of healthy foods), individual preferences and beliefs, cultural traditions, and geographical and environm...

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    The “WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health” (14)was adopted in 2004 by the Health Assembly. The strategy called on governments, WHO, international partners, the private sector and civil society to take action at global, regional and local levels to support healthy diets and physical activity. In 2010, the Health Assembly endorse...

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    A healthy diet helps to prevent malnutrition and NCDs, and includes fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains, unsaturated fats, and limited free sugars, salt and trans-fats. Learn more about the basic components, practical advice and global targets of a healthy diet from WHO.

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Diet_(nutrition)Diet (nutrition) - Wikipedia

    In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. [1] . The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › dietDIET Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Diet definition: food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health. See examples of DIET used in a sentence.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDIET | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of diet as a noun, adjective and verb, with synonyms, collocations and examples. Find out how to use diet in different contexts, such as food, health, weight loss and more.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dietDiet - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Diet means the usual food and drink consumed by a person or animal. A healthy diet for your pet is not the same as your diet, so you shouldn't feed your dog all your table scraps. If you limit the number of calories you eat in order to lose weight, or restrict certain foods for your health, you can also call this a diet. If you want to lose 10 ...