Vocabulary

• coming to light: To become known or revealed.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• huge spike: A large and sudden increase in something.
• skipping meals: The act of not eating meals regularly.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• think outside the box: To think creatively and differently from usual ideas.
• outside the box: Thinking in a new and creative way.
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• ups: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
• box: A marked area of a baseball field
• help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• woman: Adult female human being
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• unhappy: Not feeling happy; sad or worried
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• happen: To take place or occur
• main: Most important; most often used
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• weight: How heavy something is
• consider: To think carefully about something
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• require: To demand that someone does something
• altogether: All things considered
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
• extreme: Very great in degree
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• skipping: To move forward by taking fast steps and jumps
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• safety: Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• host: Mass; a great number
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• conception: Moment when a woman's pregnancy begins
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• cutoff: Designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
• counseling: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• spike: The top point in a graph
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something