0 a type of eating plan in which someone aims to lose body weight by eating a lot of foods that are high in fat, but few carbohydrates (= foods such as bread and potatoes), with the result that the body is forced to burn fats rather than carbohydrates:
A low-carb, ketogenic diet was found in a 16-week study of 28 overweight individuals with Type 2 diabetes to reduce the need for diabetes medications.
Data were collected on their experience of implementing a ketogenic diet.
The technical name for diets such as Atkins and similar low carb diets is a ketogenic diet.