"fad diet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fæd ˈdaɪət/ Forms: fad diets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fad diet (plural fad diets)
  1. A restrictive diet whose main goal is short-term weight loss. Categories (topical): Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-fad_diet-en-noun-YbxXpA3j Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36
  2. A diet that is popular only for a short time; a fad in food. Categories (topical): Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-fad_diet-en-noun-y19XOTKI Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 47 53

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