Vocabulary: Fall #2

Vocabulary: Fall #2

Definition:

1.       Obesity- A medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or health problems.

2.       Accumulate- Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

3.       Mass- The mass of an object is usually referred to as its weight.

4.       Disease- A disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors.

5.       Diet- A particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person’s physical condition or to prevent or treat diseases.

6.       Prevalence- The condition of being widespread.

7.       Adolescent- In the process of developing from a child to an adult.

8.       Stigma- A mark or disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

9.       Prevent- Keep (something) from happening or arising.

10.   Cardiovascular- Of, relating to, or involving the heart and blood vessels.

11.   Excessive- More than is necessary, normal, or desirable.

12.   Mechanism- A system of parts working together in a machine.

13.   Sedentary- (Of a person) Tending to spend much time seated.

14.   Predispose- Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition.

15.   Syndrome- a group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, psychological disorder, or other abnormal conditions.

Sentences:

1.       I must eat healthy and exercise every day to prevent obesity.

2.       Yesterday I bought an accumulate amount of fries for the entire family.

3.       The mass of the chair was no more than 45 pounds.

4.       Running every day strengthens your immune system, which helps prevent diseases.

5.       My grandmother is on a low sugar diet.

6.       The prevalence of illnesses can be prevented by not attending school when you’re in that condition.

7.       The adolescent child is growing more and more each day.

8.       The stigma of obese people is that they eat more than what is necessary.

9.       In order to prevent from gaining weight you must eat less and healthier.

10.   Cardiovascular disease refers to any disease relating to the heart and blood vessels.

11.   People tend to excessively eat when they’re depressed.

12.   In any contact sport it’s important to come up with a defense mechanism.

13.   Sedentary lifestyle wishing to maintain their current weight.

14.   Predispose a person to a particular range of health problems.

15.   My nephew shows obsessive behavior and is uninterested in people, I think he has Asperger’s Syndrome.