Sunday, November 9, 2008

Diet: Definition

Diet, in relation to food, might mean:

  • Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group.
  • Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake.
  • Diet food, foods that aid in dieting
  • Cuisine, the diet of a particular culture

Diet may also mean:

  • The Imperial Diet: (German: Reichstag) the imperial assembly of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire until 1806
  • The Diet of the Empire: (German: Reichstag) legislative assembly of the German Empire 1871–1917
  • The Federal Diet: (literally for German: Deutscher Bundestag) federal parliament of Germany
  • State Diet: (literally for German: Landtag) state parliament of most of the German federated states
  • Diet of Finland: the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906
  • Diet of Japan: Japan's legislature