Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• upper body: The part of the body above the waist, including the chest, back, shoulders, and arms.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• slim down: To become thinner, usually by dieting or exercising.
• root for: To support a sports team
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• spot: A certain place or area
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• due: When something is required or expected
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• greasy: Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
• noggin: A human head
• concussion: Injury to the brain caused by a blow
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live