Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• such as: For example; like
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• certain foods: Specific types of food, often referring to those with particular characteristics or effects.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• level with: To be honest and straightforward with someone; to tell someone the truth.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• at odds: In a state of conflict or disagreement
• fall upon: To attack someone or something suddenly and violently.
• enter into: To begin or become involved in something, such as an agreement or activity.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• conundrum: A problem that is puzzling
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• point: An item to be discussed
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• menace: Something that threatens or is dangerous
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• eventual: Coming or happening at a later or end of the time
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink