Near Antonyms. Synonym Discussion of sparse. meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable. meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency a meager portion of meat.
A fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet. Fad diets are targeted at people who want to lose weight quickly without exercise. Some fad diets claim that they make you lose fat, but itâs really water weight youâre losing.
Where this is the case, it will be noted in that diet's entry. 1  Beverly Hills Diet: An extreme diet which has only fruits in the first days, gradually increasing the selection of foods up to the sixth week. 2  Cabbage soup diet: A low-calorie diet based on heavy consumption of cabbage soup. 3  Considered a fad diet.