0 present participle of diet --
1 to limit the food and/or drink that you have, especially in order to lose weight: --
Dieting is perhaps the most common form of body maintenance strategy employed by the women.
Obesity is a growing health problem, but most people find dieting unsuccessful.
Early maturers may also perceive themselves as more grown-up and emulate ' adult ' behaviour, such as smoking and dieting.
Impairments in working memory associated with spontaneous dieting behaviour.
Impairment of cognitive performance associated with dieting and high levels of dietary restraint.
Three studies examine possible reasons for the difficulty and the extent to which dieting-related reductions in cognitive function are associated with mood and well-being.
These ' specific ' risk factors included childhood obesity, family dieting, and social pressure about being overweight.
Only two of the women, both of whom were in their mid-seventies and college educated, were currently attending formal dieting programmes.
