Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Useful in preventing or counteracting the formation of fat, or in lessening the amount of it.
- noun Any substance which prevents or reduces fatness.
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- adjective dated Counteracting
fat ; having aslimming effect;antiobesity . - adjective Opposed to
obese people;fattist .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fast-food restaurants might be the bane of the city's antisalt and antifat crusades—but they may be among its most sanitary places to eat.
Few Restaurants Achieve Perfection Sophia Hollander 2011
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Even the antifat, anticholesterol movement of the late twentieth century failed to extinguish the American soft spot for deviled eggs.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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The recommended daily dose, about three grams a day, contains about 27 calories, but companies that sell CLA supplements say its antifat activity outweighs the calories.
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My best advice for becoming impervious to the tiring mantras of archaic health advice is to develop your own “nonstick surface” against antifat ignorance and other types of “Better Living Through Chemistry” propaganda.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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My best advice for becoming impervious to the tiring mantras of archaic health advice is to develop your own “nonstick surface” against antifat ignorance and other types of “Better Living Through Chemistry” propaganda.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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The latest boom is in products that claim to be antifat, such as green tea and "fat burning" cooking oil, which have become hits among health-conscious people.
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Then all the studies started to pour in showing that replacing carbohydrate with fat gave better lipid profiles and better blood sugar profiles, which put the antifat brigade in a quandary.
Add lard to your larder | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2005
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Like the flourishing American affinity for alternative medicine, an antifat movement evolved independently of science in the 1960s.
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He was not much taller than Stile and tended to avoirdupois despite the antifat med - ication in the standard diet.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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He was not much taller than Stile and tended to avoirdupois despite the antifat med - ication in the standard diet.
Split Infinity Anthony, Piers 1980
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