Japanese assembly (4 letters)

{ Answer }

DIET

{ Related Clues }

Assembly
Legislature
Regimen
___ of Worms
Count calories
Cut the fat
Daily fare
Daily sustenance
Food regimen
Formal assembly
Girth control
Hope to lose?
Japanese parliament
Legislative body
Losing cause
Losing cause?
Losing effort?
Losing proposition
Losing proposition?
Parliament, in Japan
Reduced in calories
Self-deprivation
Sitology subject
Sitology topic
South Beach ___
Take in less
A word to the hefty
Course-altering plan?
Go easy on the calories
Hint to "the fat lady"?
One may cheat on it
Plan that changes courses
Plan to take off
Purposely try to lose
Recurring bestseller subject
Reduced-fare program?
Subject for a best seller
Many a New Year's resolution
Nuts and fruit, in part, for squirrels
Practice "mind over platter"

{ Tags }

assembly, bantingize, calories, control, count, cut, daily, diet, fare, food, girth, japanese, lose, losing, parliament, plan, proposition, reduced, regimen, subject, worms

{ Notes }

The answer DIET is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

{ Definition }

DIET as a noun:

1. a prescribed selection of foods

2. a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)

3. the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)

4. (diet, dieting) = the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)

DIET as a verb:

1. follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons; "He has high blood pressure and must stick to a low-salt diet"

2. eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight