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Monday, August 26, 2013

vocabulary: fall #2

Obesity: The condition of being grossly fat or overweight/ Children who eat a lot, eventually become obese

Accumulate: Gather together or acquire an increasing number of quantity/ Investigators have yet to accumulate the evidence.

Mass: A large body of matter with no definite shape/ There is a mass of hair at the barber shop.

Disease: A disorder of structure or function in a thing that produces signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location/ The flu is a common disease.

Diet: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats/ A person who is obese, has a poor diet.

Prevalence: The  fact or condition of being prevalent

Stigma: A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

prevent(able): To keep from happening/ I nee to prevent myself from eating fast food.

Adolescent: In the process of developing from a child into an adult./ Now that he has grown up, he feel the adolescent pressure becoming greater.

Cardiovascular: Of or relating to the heart and blood/ The body has an amazing cardiovascular system.

Excessive: More than is necessary/ Rich people have an excessive amount of money.

Mechanism: a system of parts working together in a machine/ A car is many mechanisms 

Sedentary:  Not physically active/ People who are over weight are sedentary.

Predispose: To dispose in advance/ I predispose the thought of losing

Syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms that occur together.

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