low-calorie diet

基本解释

Children go through dynamic phases of growth, and a low-calorie diet is not what they need. They need nutrients and activity.
儿童成长是一个动态的过程，低热量饮食并不符合他们的所需，他们所需的是（足够的）营养和活动。
In a small study, 20 severely obese patients who were put on a very low-calorie diet lost an average of 20 percent of their body weight.
据医学期刊《肥胖》报告，在一项小型研究中，20名严重肥胖病人被限定摄取很低热量的饮食后，体重平均下降20%。
For more than a decade, scientists have known that a low-calorie diet lengthens the lives of many organisms, including yeast, fruit flies, monkeys, and perhaps humans.
十多年以来，科学家已经了解到，低卡路里的饮食能够延长很多生物的寿命，包括酵母菌、果蝇、猴子，可能还包括人类。

A low-fat diet is one in which less than thirty percent of a person's daily calorie intake comes from fat.

No one knows exactly why a low-calorie diet extends the life of mice, but some researchers think it is linked to the rate at which cells divide.
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The drug, which is based on a chemical found in red wine that is thought to mimic the life-prolonging effects of a very low-calorie diet, proved safe.
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Abbott's Meridia leads to an incremental weight loss of 10 pounds more a year than a regular low-calorie diet, according to the Mayo Clinic, with side effects that can include increased blood pressure, constipation and insomnia.
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