low-fat

[loh-fat]

adjective

1. of or being a food or style of cooking that contains or uses very little butter, oil, or other fat, usually three grams of fat or less per serving.

Example Sentences

In the 1970s and 1980s, legions of people went all-in on low-fat diets.

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The food industry rushed to respond, and soon grocery store shelves were lined with low-fat snacks—often sugary and highly processed.

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The committee reviewed studies and found that when people swapped whole-fat dairy for low-fat dairy or even beef for chicken, their risk of cardiovascular disease remained largely unchanged.

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Also featured are studies by Mr. Hall, who has shown that there is not a meaningful difference between low-carb and low-fat diets when it comes to losing weight.

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“We are encouraging programs to switch from low-fat dairy — which the antiquated Dietary Guidelines require them to promote — to full-fat/whole milk,” Kennedy wrote on X.

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