Health Flashcards
Health
Funding prevention or cure?
Prevention
Health is the greatest asset of a nation, so the state needs to look after it.
Effective health and safety measures at work save lives and save employers money.
If preventive care services are not funded, a lot fewer people will have access to them.
Detection
Noun
The action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed; Discovery- Funding- Noticing: Early cancer detection tests should be free for everyone.
Adopt
Verb
Choose to take up, follow, or use: Acquire: People can easily be encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyle.
Health
Funding prevention or cure?
Cure
Many people suffer from an injury or an illness that could not have been prevented and therefore needs to be treated.
A lot of hereditary diseases can be cured, but only a few of them can be prevented.
Public money is better spent on health care than on showcase projects such as high-speed rail networks.
Reflect
Verb
(of a surface or body) throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it; Send back- Throw back- Return: Conditions in state hospitals reflect the degree of civilization in a society.
Overburden
Verb
Load (someone) with too many things to carry: Funding cuts to public hospitals endanger patients and result in overburdened medical staff.
Growing number of overweight people
Causes; solutions
Nourishing
Nutritious
Adjective
Nourishing; efficient as food: Containing many of the substances we need to stay healthy
Processed foods are often tastier and less nutritious than whole foods and so promote overeating; the public needs to be made aware of the health risks posed by engineered foods.
Ubiquitous
Adjective
Present, appearing, or found everywhere. Found everywhere; Omnipresent- ever-present- Present everywhere: Fast food outlets are ubiquitous nowadays; fast food restaurant could easily offer alternatives.
Consume
Verb
Eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink): Many people consume more calories than they burn through physical activity; people should avoid overeating and take more exercise.
To take up
To start doing a particular activity or job: Our life style has become far too sedentary; taking up an outdoor sport or a physical activity like gardening or walking can compensate for a sedentary lifestyle.
Sedentary
Adjective
Involving a lot of sitting and very little exercise. (of a person) tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive; Sejant: Our life style has become far too sedentary; taking up an outdoor sport or a physical activity like gardening or walking can compensate for a sedentary lifestyle.
To compensate for
To balance or counteract the effects of something bad:
Our life style has become far too sedentary; taking up an outdoor sport or a physical activity like gardening or walking can compensate for a sedentary lifestyle.
Tightly
Adverb
Closely and firmly: Food advertising often encourages people to buy sugary drinks, high-fat snacks and other unhealthy foods; junk food advertising should be tightly controlled or banned altogether.
To ban
To prohibit something legally or officially: Food advertising often encourages people to buy sugary drinks, high-fat snacks and other unhealthy foods; junk food advertising should be tightly controlled or banned altogether.
Engineered
Having has its genetic structure changed: Processed foods are often tastier and less nutritious than whole foods and so promote overeating; the public needs to be made aware of the health risks posed by engineered foods.
Responsibility for public health
For government responsibility
Citizens expect decent health care in return for the taxes they pay.
Affordable health care is a basic human right.
Public health care is too serious a matter to be placed exclusively in the hands of profit-oriented organizations.
The government can introduce taxes and regulations to guide people towards healthier choices.
Funding public health offers excellent return on investment.
Responsibility for public health
For individual’s responsibility
In many countries, citizens contribute to the funding of public health through income tax.
Our health is our biggest asset, so it is our personal responsibility to maintain it.
People are free to choose a healthy diet and to take regular exercise.
Instinctively
Adverb
Without conscious thought; by natural instinct: We often know instinctively which foods and activities are beneficial to our health and which ones are detrimental.
Heed
Verb
Pay attention to; take notice of: In the end, it is only up to us whether or not we heed the advice given by health agencies and doctors.
Fewer people walk these days
Why fewer people walk; solution to problem
Most people live too far away from their workplace to walk; with a better public transport system, commuters could at least walk or cycle to the nearest station.
Necessity
Noun
the fact of being required or indispensable: Walking is seen as something you do out of necessity and not for fun; travel agencies could offer a wider range of walking holidays.
Glamorous
Adjective
having glamour: Walking is not glamorous- after all, pedestrian also means commonplace, unimaginative; the positive impact of walking on the environment needs to be emphasized more.
Pedestrian
Noun
A person walking along a road or in a developed area:
Walking is not glamorous- after all, pedestrian also means commonplace, unimaginative; the positive impact of walking on the environment needs to be emphasized more.
Incredible
Adjective
Impossible to believe; Magnificent- Unbelievable- Beyond belief: People have become slaves to their car; the public needs to be better informed about the incredible health benefits of walking.
Sprawling
Adjective
spreading out over a large area in an untidy or irregular way: Sprawling suburbs have made walking impractical and increased car dependency; it is time to reshape our cities and create more walkable neighborhoods.
Unimaginative
Adjective
Not readily using or demonstrating the use of the imagination; stolid and somewhat dull; Uninspired- Commonplace: Walking is not glamorous- after all, pedestrian also means commonplace, unimaginative; the positive impact of walking on the environment needs to be emphasized more.
Impractical
Adjective
(of an object or course of action) not adapted for use or action; not sensible or realistic; Infeasible- Unsuitable: Sprawling suburbs have made walking impractical and increased car dependency; it is time to reshape our cities and create more walkable neighborhoods.
Dependency
Noun
A dependent or subordinate thing, especially a country or province controlled by another; Seeking support from- Clinging to: Sprawling suburbs have made walking impractical and increased car dependency; it is time to reshape our cities and create more walkable neighborhoods.
