Overweight And Obesity Flashcards
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Emaciated
Émacié
Thin
Maigre
Lean
Mince / maigre
Slim
Mince / svelte
Fat
Gros
Obese
Obèse
Overweight
(En) surcharge pondérale
Be / go on a diet
Suivre un régime
A low-fat diet
Un régime pauvre en graisses
A higt-fibre diet
Un régime riche en fibres
A well-balanced diet
Un régime bien équilibré
Plastic surgery
Chirurgie esthétique
Liposuction
Liposuccion
The waist
La taille
The waistline
Le tour de taille / la ligne
Figure
Silhouette
be/go on a diet (v)
you eat special kinds of food or you eat less food than usual because you are trying to lose weight
BMI
Body Mass Index
diet (c.n)
eat special type or range of foods in order to improve the health.
figure (c.n)
your figure in the shape of your body
plastic surgeon (c.n)
A doctor who performs operations to repair or replace skin which has been damaged, or to improve people’s appearance
plastic surgery (u.n)
The practice of performing operations to repair or replace skin which has been damaged, or to improve people’s appearance
processed food (p.n)
foods that have been treated or prepared by a special method, especially in order to preserve them
risk (n)
if there is a risk of something unpleasant, there is a possibility that it will happen
smart (adj)
you can describe someone who is clever as smart
stroke (c.n. singular)
if someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body
to clog (v)
when something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through
to drawn a conclusion (v)
you decide that that conclusion is true
to get rid of something
when you get rid something the you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it
to keep someone / something at bay (phrase)
you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you
to rise/rose/risen (v)
it moves upwards
to shed something (v)
to get rid of it
to slim (v)
you are trying o make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food
to undergo (v)
if you undergo something necessary or unpleasant, it happens to you
visceral (adj)
of, relating to, or affecting the viscera
waistline (c.n)
your waistline is your waist measurement
well-balanced diet
a diet with a variety types of healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, high-fibre cereals, fish etc…
