Near Antonyms. Synonym Discussion of sparse. meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency a meager portion of meat.
A fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet. Fad diets are targeted at people who want to lose weight quickly without exercise. Some fad diets claim that they make you lose fat, but itâs really water weight youâre losing.
Dr. Thomas also notes that fad diets may be making eating disorders harder to detect. âLots of new health trends are just dieting in disguiseâ¦ People are going gluten-free or vegetarian, or theyâre going on a raw food diet or a juice fast.