starvation dietnoun [ C ]
uk/stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən ˌdaɪ.ət/us/stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən ˌdaɪ.ət/the act of eating only a very small amount of food in order to lose weight quickly:
She went on a starvation diet and ended up in hospital.
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Diets & dieting
- anorexia nervosa
- balanced diet
- caloric
- calorie-controlled
- calorific
- comfort eating
- complex carbohydrate
- crash diet
- deficiency disease
- dietetics
- empty calories
- intake
- low-calorie
- macrobiotic
- malnourished
- nutraceutical
- nutritious
- slimmer
- sugar-free
- vegetarian
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