Reaven, a metabolic endocrinologist at Stanford Medical Center, denigrates the study.
coast a coastline or seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean a precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides the term coastal zone can be used instead which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs
the land next to the sea; seashore: the rocky coast of Maine. the region adjoining it: They live on the coast, a few miles from the sea. a hill or slope down which one may slide on a sled. a slide or ride down a hill or slope, as on a sled. Obsolete. the boundary or border of a country.