Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• eating healthy: The practice of consuming foods that are beneficial for one's health and well-being.
• lead to: To result in some action
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• such as: For example; like
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• hydrated: To give or add water to something or someone
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• live: To be alive
• add: To include as well
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• refreshing: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• olive: Person's name
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• margarine: Butter substitute made from food oils
• trans: Prefix meaning 'across', 'through' or 'changing'
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• lard: Cooled fat from meat
• sweeten: To offer extra to make someone agree to a thing