Vocabulary

• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• study for: To prepare for an examination or test by learning and revising the subject matter.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• lean body mass: The mass of the body excluding fat; it includes muscle, bone, water, and organs.
• full picture: A complete and comprehensive understanding of a situation or issue.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• shift: To change in position or direction
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• gender: State of being male or female
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• physician: A medical doctor
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• person: Man, woman or child
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• picture: General situation or state of being
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• decimal: Number using one equal tenth of a whole as a basis
• indirect: Being not directly connected to or caused by
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging