Vocabulary

• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• factor: Something that influences a result
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• important: Having power or authority
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• great: Very good; better than before
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• weight: How heavy something is
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• colon: Lower part of intestine turning food into waste
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• prostate: Male gland important in the creation of semen
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• history: Established pattern or record
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• screening: To hide or block something from being seen
• pancreatic: Do with the long gland, that is behind the stomach
• ovarian: Concerning or involving the ovaries