Name : Elesia Santa Yohana

Class : F
Topic : Definition Diet

Diet comes from Yunani language which means way of life. Broadly speaking the diet
is a person's action to adjust the diet by measuring the portion of food and calculate the
nutritional content contained in each food. Diet is a way to lose weight by managing your diet
and regulating daily intake of nutrients.
Definition of diet according to some experts :
1. Hartono (2000)
Diet is a dietary adjustments, good size, portion and nutritional content. diet comes from
the Yunani, which means a lifestyle diet. Hartono say that the diet is setting the type and
amount of food for a specific purpose such as to maintain the health and nutrition status
and help cure the disease.

2. Medical Expert Definition EGC (1994)

Diet is a habit that is allowed in terms of food and beverages consumed by a person in
every thing. Especially those designed specifically for specific purposes and foodstuffs.

3. Luxboy (2008)
Diet is a balanced diet or a normal diet to get a healthy body made up of all of the
necessary dietary elements. The goal is to regulate body functions, build and maintain the
body's needed protein, minerals, fats, and vitamins.

Sources :
1. Almatsier,sunita.penuntun diet edisi baru.jakarta:Gramedia Pustaka Utama,2004.
2. Sethi A. A review on “Garciniacambogia a weight controll in gagent”, 2011.