Definition of dieting
- The act of selecting or limiting the food one eats to improve one’s physical condition or to lose weight.


If you take the wrong route to dieting …
- You would starve and may even die
- You will get eating disorders and diseases e.g. Anorexia
- Your body will not be able to cope with your bodily changes
- You will experience personality changes


Why do people go on diet?
- Stress
- Peer pressure e.g. boyfriend wants her to loose weight. So she goes on diet.
- Feeling of insecure e.g. you do not feel confident of your body size
- Imitating the ‘skinny models’ trend often shown in magazine