on a diet

idiom

: eating less food or only particular kinds of food in order to lose weight

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Anyone who’s been on a diet can likely relate: Those first lost pounds are met with a sense of euphoria. Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024 More than 96% of women and children in Gaza are currently surviving on a diet of rationed flour, lentils, pasta and canned food, which does not meet their nutritional needs, according to UNICEF. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024 George Johnson - American, Male, 112 Leave it to an American to live to 112 on a diet that would strike fear in most nutritionists. Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 The solution to cleaning up your daily diet is not to go back on a diet. Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on a diet 

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