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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Vocabulary #2

Obesity: excessively fat or fleshy; corpulent 
Accumulate: to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees
Mass: a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size
Diseasea disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
Diet: food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health
Prevalence: widespread or current 
Stigma: a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
Prevent(able): to keep from occurring
Adolescent: growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful.
Cardiovascular: of or relating to the heart and the blood vessels 
Excessive: going beyond the usual, necessary, or proper limit or degree
Mechanism: an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
Sedentary: characterized by or requiring a sitting posture
Predispose: to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand
Syndrome: a group of related or coincident things, events, actions, etc.

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