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"I Engage in Dieting Behavior"

By Matthew Tiemeyer, About.com

Updated: April 22, 2007

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Simply put, a diet is an attempt to lose weight through deprivation. Diets tend not to work because the deprivation results in the body reacting strongly and eating more when the diet ends.

Most people with eating disorders have dieted before their eating disorders developed.

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