1. Health and Weight

2. Health vs. Healthy What’s the difference?

3. Health is a noun. His health is good. He has good health. His health is bad. He has bad health. Healthy is an adjective. He is healthy. He is very healthy. Veggies are healthy. Junk food isn’t healthy.

4. 61% of Americans are overweight. Half of those are obese. ( 超胖 ) Image by Sailom at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

5. 我怕胖。 I don’t want to gain weight. (Not common- ‘I don’t want to get fat.’ ) Image by africa at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

6. What should people do or not do to be healthy? Think of and write down 8 things.

7. Don’t smoke or quit smoking He wants to quit smoking. Image by Idea go at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

8. Don’t drink too much. (If you say ‘drink’ it usually means ‘to drink alcohol’.) He has a hangover. Image by Naypong at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

9. Eat more veggies. Image by rackratchada torsap at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

10. Don’t eat junk food. Image by digitalart at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

11. Go on a diet My mom is on a diet. I need to go on a diet. Image by Jomphong at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

12. Go for a walk Image by photostock at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

13. Work out/ Exercise I need to exercise more. She works out three times a week. Image by photostock at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

14. I should exercise more. I want to work out more. I should do more exercise. (not common) (DON’T say: I need to take more exercise.)

15. Aerobic/Cardio exercise is for your heart. Image by photostock at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

16. What kinds of aerobic exercise are there?

17. Weight lifting (strength training) is for your muscles. Image by Ambro at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

18. Should women do weight lifting? Image by marcolm at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

19. In the West exercise videos are popular for women.

20. What foods and drinks do you think are healthy? What foods and drinks do you think are not healthy?