Milad Kashani Ielts 8 Health

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Many health problems are caused by our sedentary lifestyles.

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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.

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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.

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Fast and energetic

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To improve your health you need to stick to a well-balanced diet.

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Follow a diet which contains a little of different kinds of food

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My health has been deteriorating recently.

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become worse; decline

The noun form is deterioration.

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Air pollution is a serious health hazard.

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something that could damage your health

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Obesity is becoming more common in some societies.

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Being overweight

The adjective form is obese.

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Regular exercise is one of the key components of good health.

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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.

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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.

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containing natural substances that the body needs

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Too much stress is likely to affect both your mental and physical health.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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harmful

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Thanks to advances in the field of medicine life expectancy has extended in recent years.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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make something less likely to happen