Vocabulary

• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• beverage: A drink other than water
• amount: Quantity of something
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• caramel: Brown, chewy candy
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• almond: Type of long flat nut
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• daily: Happening every day
• bliss: Great joy or happiness
• giddy: Feeling dizzy, e.g. due to being spun around
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• skim: To remove fat, etc. from the top of a liquid
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• incline: To bend the head or body forward
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• add: To include as well
• peppermint: A mint candy
• mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
• dietitian: Professional qualified to give advice about food
• festive: Colorful, exciting or joyous, as for a celebration
• lineup: People arranged by police for identification
• chestnut: Type of often edible brown nut
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
• sweetener: An added extra to make someone agree to something
• sweeten: To offer extra to make someone agree to a thing