What does "banting" mean?

A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods.

Banting

Common synonyms include: banteng, bos banteng, carb restricted diet, carbohydrate restricting, carbohydrate restriction, diet.

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods. British, archaic, informal, uncountable
"Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting."
2
wild ox of the Malay Archipelago wordnet

Proper Noun

"Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting."

Named after William Banting.