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Word: dieting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that point, I weighed 95 pounds. I had been losing weight steadily since the beginning of the semester, and often did not feel well. Her approval did not temper my dissatisfaction with my diet...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: The Body Monopoly | 4/3/1990 | See Source »

...lost a lot of weight lately," she said in her thick accent. "You are getting too thin. I know girls like to diet, but you should not. You look unhealthy. There is no fat on your face," she said, stroking...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: The Body Monopoly | 4/3/1990 | See Source »

Alexander, author of a 1983 book on Jean Harris and the murder of diet doctor Herman Tarnower, carefully details the lives of the players: Myerson's lover Andy Capasso and his estranged wife Nancy; Judge Hortense Gabel, who presided over the Capasso divorce; and Sukhreet, the judge's troubled daughter. Bess is a towering "glamazon" who dazzled almost everyone she met; Hortense Gabel is a stocky housing lawyer with Coke-bottle glasses and sensible shoes. Yet Alexander pairs them as spiritual twins. Both had climbed out of the Bronx through brains, hard work and chutzpah. And both hated looking back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Bess Mess | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

...been greatly exaggerated," said Maynard S. Clark of the Farm Animal Reform Movement. "The protein value of meat is approximately that of soybeans, lentils, nuts and the seeds. The four nutritional advantages of meat products--protein, calcium, iron and vitamin B-12--are readily available in a diverse diet from plant foods...

Author: By Hillary K. Anger, | Title: Dining Halls to Sponsor Vegetarian Lifestyle Day | 3/17/1990 | See Source »

Among the worst offenders are public cholesterol-screening programs. Such centers, already a familiar sight in supermarkets and shopping malls in some parts of the U.S., may become even more common in the wake of a Government report issued last week. The report recommended a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet for everyone, not just those at risk for heart disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Unbelievable Blood Tests | 3/12/1990 | See Source »

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