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Many health problems are caused by our sedentary lifestyles. |
A sedentary life or job involves a lot of sitting. |
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Products like diet soda or diet cola are more appealing to health-conscious consumers. |
A health-conscious person cares about their health. |
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I go for a brisk walk every day. I go for a brisk swim every morning. |
Fast and energetic |
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To improve your health you need to stick to a well-balanced diet. |
Follow a diet which contains a little of different kinds of food |
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My health has been deteriorating recently. |
become worse; decline The noun form is deterioration. |
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Air pollution is a serious health hazard. |
something that could damage your health |
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Obesity is becoming more common in some societies. |
Being overweight The adjective form is obese. |
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Regular exercise is one of the key components of good health. |
Do not add -s to exercise if you are talking about exercising in general. 'Work out' means 'to exercise at the gym'. |
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Physical inactivity leads to 'weight gain' and a host of other health problems. |
Physical inactivity means lack of movement.
Weight gain is another way of saying gaining weight or becoming overweight. |
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Traditional dishes are generally more nutritious than fast food. |
containing natural substances that the body needs
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Too much stress is likely to affect both your mental and physical health. |
Mental means related to your mind. Physical means related to your body. |
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She's in pretty good shape but I don't know if she'll be able to run a marathon. |
If you are in good shape, you are not fat and are able to play sport without getting tired. Other common collocations are stay in shape and keep in shape. |
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You don't have to skip dinner. Just eat healthily and in moderation. |
Do not eat too much. The opposite is do something to excess. For example, drinking is OK as long as you don't do it to excess. |
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It has not been proven whether or not using a cellphone can be detrimental to our health. |
harmful |
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Thanks to advances in the field of medicine life expectancy has extended in recent years. |
the length of time that a person is likely to live Note the collocating verb expand. |
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Here are a few collocations for illness and disease. |
To cure an illness means to make someone with an illness healthy again. A fatal illness causes death. To eradicate a disease means to get rid of it completely. |
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We should take preventative measures against illnesses or diseases. |
do something to prevent from catching illnesses and diseases. |
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Early diagnosis of a disease might help to prevent one's health conditions from deteriorating. |
Diagnosis means discovering exactly what is wrong with someone. The verb form is diagnose. |
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Here are a few collocations and phrases related to smoking. |
Smoking causes damage to lungs. Prolonged exposure to second-hand smoke can cause breathing problems. Smokers should try to quit their nicotine habits. |
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People with insomnia are prone to anxiety. |
Insomnia is the condition of being unable to sleep, especially over a period of time. If you are prone to something, you are likely to experience it. |
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To lose weight you should reduce your fat intake. |
the amount of something like food that you take into your body |
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A 30-minute workout on a daily basis helps to lower the risk of heart attacks. |
make something less likely to happen |