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  Diet (assembly) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In politics, a Diet is a formal deliberative assembly.
The Riksdag of the Estates was the diet of the four estates of Sweden, from the 15th century until 1866.
The Diet of Finland, was the successor to the Riksdag of the Estates in the Grand Duchy of Finland, from 1809 to 1918.
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 DIET - LoveToKnow Article on DIET
It is from the assembly of magnates that the diet of medieval Germany springs.
The last diet which issued a regular recess (Reichs~2bschiedthe term applied to the acta of the diet, as formally compiled and enunciated at its dissolution) was that of Regensburg in 1654.
As to the local prison dietary, its application is based on (I) the principle of variation of diet with length of sentence; (2) the system of progressive dietary; (3) the distinction between hard labor diets and non-hard labor diets; (4) the differentiation of diet according to age and sex.
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 Diet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group.
Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake.
Diet food, those foods that aid in Dieting, e.g.
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 American Family Physician: The elimination diet as a diagnostic tool - 1992 Post-Assembly Supplement
At present, the elimination diet followed by repeated positive food challenges is the definitive test for determining nonimmunologic reactions to food.
The diet is extended to 10 days if symptoms have not cleared and food is strongly suspected of being the source of the problem.
Essential medications are continued while the patient is on the elimination diet; it is important to rule out the side effects of these medications as a source of the symptoms under study.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n5_v46/ai_13217910   (1408 words)

  
 The Great Controversy: Chapter 8 Luther Before the Diet -- by Ellen G. White
With a persistence worthy of a better cause, he urged the matter upon the attention of princes, prelates, and other members of the assembly, accusing the Reformer of "sedition, rebellion, impiety, and blasphemy." But the vehemence and passion manifested by the legate revealed too plainly the spirit by which he was actuated.
While most of the members of the Diet would not have hesitated to yield up Luther to the vengeance of Rome, many of them saw and deplored the existing depravity in the church, and desired a suppression of the abuses suffered by the German people in consequence of the corruption and greed of the hierarchy.
Had the eyes of the assembly been opened, they would have beheld angels of God in the midst of them, shedding beams of light athwart the darkness of error and opening minds and hearts to the reception of truth.
www.greatcontroversy.org /books/gc/gc8.html   (8132 words)

  
 diet - definition by dict.die.net
(c) The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in the states of the German Empire, as the legislature (Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the Circle (Kreistag) in its local government.
Note: The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three following, all held under Charles V.: Diet of Worms, 1521, the object of which was to check the Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic; D.
Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.
dict.die.net /diet   (392 words)

  
 Chapter Diecian <i>to</i> Difficult of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.
Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.
Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.
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 Diet of Worms - Britannica Concise
Meeting of the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire at Worms, Ger., in 1521, where Martin Luther defended the principles of the Reformation.
Worms, Diet of - (1521), meeting of the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Ger., in 1521, that was made famous by Martin Luther's appearance before it to defend his beliefs.
At the Diet of Speyer in 1526, the Edict of Worms was suspended, pending a national council; in the interval it was ruled that each prince must...
concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9382950   (552 words)

  
 DIET - Online Information article about DIET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The origin of the diet, or deliberative assembly, of the Holy Roman Empire must be sought in the placitum of the Frankish empire.
In practice the diet had nothing to do; and its members occupied themselves in " wrangling about chairs "—that is to say, in unending disputes about degrees and precedences.
North German Confederation (1815–1866), a diet (Bundestag) existed, which was modelled on the old diet of the 18th century.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /DEM_DIO/DIET.html   (1551 words)

  
 Abolition of the death penalty in Council of Europe observer states
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe refers to Resolution 1253 (2001) and Recommendation 1522 (2001) on the abolition of the death penalty in Council of Europe observer states.
The Assembly considers that the application of the death penalty constitutes torture and inhuman and degrading punishment and is thus a severe violation of universally recognised human rights.
The Assembly resolves to debate the abolition of the death penalty in Council of Europe member and observer states whenever the necessity arises, on the decision of the Bureau, and, in any case, at the latest in the year 2005.
assembly.coe.int /Documents/WorkingDocs/doc03/EDOC9908.htm   (4893 words)

  
 WHO | Diet and physical activity: a public health priority
This reflects a significant change in diet habits and physical activity levels worldwide as a result of industrialization, urbanization, economic development and increasing food market globalization.
The text of the final resolution WHA57.17 and the annexed Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Examines the science base of the relationship between diet and physical activity patterns, and the major nutrition-related chronic diseases.
www.who.int /dietphysicalactivity/en   (396 words)

  
 Increased dietary triacylglycerol markedly enhances the ability of isolated rabbit enterocytes to secrete chylomicrons: ...
The relationship between the relative contributions of different fatty acid components to the calorie intake of different diets is plotted against the relative secretion of newly synthesized apoB-48, TAG, and CE and the mass of TAG.
Ginsberg, H. Role of lipid synthesis, chaperone proteins and proteosomes in the assembly of apoprotein B containing lipoproteins from cultured liver cells.
Wilkinson, J., Higgins, J. A., Fitzsimmons, C., Bowyer, D. Dietary fish-oils modify the assembly of VLDL and expression of the LDL receptor in rabbit liver.
www.jlr.org /cgi/content/full/40/10/1858   (4827 words)

  
 Search Results for diet - Encyclopædia Britannica
(1521), meeting of the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire held at Worms, Ger., in 1521, that was made famous by Martin Luther's appearance before it to defend his beliefs.
The diet of primates is a factor of their ecology that, during their evolution, has clearly played an important role in their dispersion and adaptive radiation as well as in the development of the...
The relationship between diet and chronic disease (i.e., a disease that progresses over an extended period and does not resolve spontaneously) is complicated, not only because many diseases take...
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 The Great Controversy - Luther Before the Diet
To a crowded assembly he spoke from the words of Christ, "Peace be unto you." "Philosophers, doctors, and writers," he said, "have endeavoured to teach men the way to obtain everlasting life, and they have not succeeded.
His demeanour was diffident and respectful; yet he manifested a confidence and joy that surprised the assembly.
The popular enthusiasm in Luther's favour throughout all Germany convinced both the emperor and the Diet that any injustice shown him would endanger the peace of the empire and even the stability of the throne.
www.nisbett.com /reference/gc/gc08.html   (8126 words)

  
 Effects of a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet on VLDL-triglyceride assembly, production, and clearance -- Parks et al. ...
The composition of the 2 diets is shown in Table 1.
Gibbons, G.F., and Wiggins, D. Intracellular triacylglycerol lipase: its role in the assembly of hepatic very-low-density-lipoprotein (VLDL).
Effect of a high-carbohydrate, low-saturated-fat diet on apolipoprotein B and triglyceride metabolism in Pima Indians.
www.jci.org /cgi/content/full/104/8/1087   (6938 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Diet (assembly) Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In this sense, it commonly refers to the Reichstag assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire; see Reichstag (institution), Diet of Nuremberg, and Diet of Worms.
In a democratic government, it refers to the legislative branch, for example Congress, Landtag, Sejm or Diet of Japan.
This word is pronounced dee-it (with a long E sound rather than a long I sound), as in the word deity.
www.ipedia.com /diet__assembly_.html   (222 words)

  
 English Dictionary - OneLang
The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in the states of the German Empire, as the legislature (Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the Circle (Kreistag) in its local government.
In the old German or Holy Roman Empire, the great formal assembly of counselors (the Imperial Diet or Reichstag) or a small, local, or informal assembly of a similar kind (the Court Diet, or Hoftag).
The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three following, all held under Charles V.: Diet of Worms, 1521, the object of which was to check the Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic; D.
www.onelang.com /dictionary/word.php?word=Diet   (380 words)

  
 Diet --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Under the Meiji Constitution of 1889, the Imperial Diet was established on the basis of two houses with coequal powers.
Discusses healthy fat levels in the diet, sources of saturated and unsaturated fats, and ways of decreasing the amount of fat in the diet.
Describes the structure of triglycerides, the most commonfat in the human diet, and explains the differences between triglycerides and cholesterol.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9030397   (779 words)

  
 Getting Food to the Patients
A diet order is generated by the physician and entered into the patient's medical record.
Menus are assembled by diet clerks prior to the beginning of the tray assembly process using the most current information available and those menus which have been collected.
If a diet order is not transmitted to the diet clerk before the menus are provided to the central kitchen, the wrong tray, no tray, or a tray for a discharged patient may be produced.
copland.udel.edu /~lieux/patients/FoodtoPatients.html   (3319 words)

  
 Neue Rheinische Zeitung No. 4 June 1848
The Diet had been given to understand that it was merely to adopt the new electoral law; but Herr Camphausen demanded of it not only a paper law and indirect elections, but also twenty-five million in cash.
The thought of such a possibility brings cold sweat to the foreheads of the gentlemen of the Diet, all resistance ceases and the vote of confidence is passed with a bitter-sweet smile.
Herr Hansemann is bored by the everlasting, confused cross-talk of the clumsy assembly; it becomes unendurable to his sense of parliamentary tact and he declares curtly that they could be spared all this: either an address is forthcoming and in that case all is well, or no address is made and the Ministry resigns.
www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1848/06/04a.htm   (981 words)

  
 Online Etymology Dictionary
diete, from M.L. dieta "parliamentary assembly," also "a day's work, diet, daily food allowance," from L. diaeta "prescribed way of life," from Gk.
in this sense (Diet Coke, etc.) is from 1963, originally Amer.Eng.
of diaeta "daily office (of the Church), daily duty, assembly, meeting of counselors," from Gk.
www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=diet   (126 words)

  
 Obesity @ XXXL.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Interventions, such as diet and exercise as well as medication and weight-loss surgery in severe cases are frequently recommended to reduce the risk of developing disease.
This situation is exacerbated by the baby boom generation, which represents a disproportionately large portion of the population in many countries and is currently nearing the latter end of the typical lifespan in affluent nations, and therefore is in the high-risk zone for obesity.
The focus on weight and body mass is fed, in their view, by a diet promotion industry, drug companies, and segments of the medical profession for profit purposes, by promoting a vision that equates health with slenderness, and makes extreme slenderness of a sort that is quite difficult for most people to achieve an ideal.
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 The Great Controversy - Chapter 8 - Luther Before the Diet
Rome was already descending from her throne, and it was the voice of a monk that caused this humiliation."-- Ibid., b.
Then, laying his left hand on the Sacred Volume, which was open before him, he lifted his right hand to heaven and vowed "to remain faithful to the gospel, and freely to confess his faith, even should he seal his testimony with his blood."-- Ibid., b.
Luther's friend, who had with great joy listened to his noble defense, trembled at these words; but the doctor himself said calmly: "May God be my helper, for I can retract nothing."-- Ibid., b.
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 diet, parliamentary body
began as a loose assembly of ecclesiastic princes and imperial cities, meeting at irregular intervals.
Among the most important diets were those of Worms (1495) and Cologne (1512); see
For the federal diet of 1815–66, which succeeded the imperial diet, see
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 World Health Assembly adopts global strategy on diet, physical activity and health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health was today endorsed by Member States at their annual Health Assembly in Geneva.
The strategy addresses two of the major risk factors responsible for the heavy and growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which now account for some 60% of global deaths and almost half (47%) of the global burden of disease.
There was extensive debate on the strategy during the Health Assembly, and a drafting group met for two days to agree upon amendments to the resolution adopting the strategy.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=8581   (485 words)

  
 World Health Assembly set to tackle HIV/AIDS, SARS, the global strategy on diet, physical activity and health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The World Health Assembly, bringing the 192 Member States of the World Health Organization together, is set to consider several critical health issues next week.
The World Health Assembly is the forum for countries to decide on health priorities, and to give direction on how these can be addressed," said Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the WHO at a briefing with journalists today.
An updated World Health Assembly Journal is posted daily also at the World Health Assembly documentation web site, which details the latest agenda.
www.news-medical.net /view_article.asp?id=1556   (552 words)

  
 Assembly Approves Bill to Ban Popular Diet Drug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A bill that would place an outright ban on the sale of dietary supplements containing ephedra is one step closer to becoming law.
The state Assembly has approved Senate Bill-582, which would prohibit the sale of dietary supplements containing the additive ephedra or other ephedrine-containing substances.
If those changes are endorsed by the Senate, it will move on to the governor's desk.
www.kxtv10.com /storyfull.asp?id=5262   (275 words)

  
 World Health Assembly set to tackle key health issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
HIV/AIDS, SARS, the global strategy on diet, physical activity and health, and road safety among issues for countries at the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly opening Monday.
The Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly, bringing the 192 Member States of the World Health Organization together, is set to consider several critical health issues next week.
The Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making body for WHO, and runs this year from 17 - 22 May.
www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=8332   (521 words)

  
 WHO World Health Assembly adopts global strategy on diet, physical activity and health - European Public Health Alliance
WHO World Health Assembly adopts global strategy on diet, physical activity and health
The World Health Assembly, adopted a global strategy on diet, physical activity and health, which addresses two of the major risk factors responsible for the heavy and growing burden of noncommunicable disease.
The strategy emphasizes the need to limit the intake of certain fats, sugars and salt, and increase consumption of fruit and vegetables, and levels of physical activity.
www.epha.org /a/1253   (703 words)

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