What would you say if you were asked if you have a healthy lifestyle? Are you a fitness fanatic or even addicted to sport? Do you have good intentions about taking up a sport but never quite get around to it? What kind of diet do you eat? Have you recently become a vegetarian?
In your IELTS speaking exam, you may be asked questions about fitness, health, staying well and looking after yourself. This is a really popular topic which encompasses a wide range of themes from sport, to diet, to health and how to educate people about being more healthy. To score high marks and to be confident going into your IELTS speaking exam you need a great range of specific and high-level vocab.
KEEP listening as this podcast will help you learn key vocab about fitness, health and staying well but also maybe get you motivated to make some changes to your own regime!
At the end of the podcast, we share a list of great, really useful and relevant vocab for you to take away, learn and USE in your IELTS speaking and writing practice and exam.
Vocabulary list and definitions
- balanced diet: eating a sensible mix of different foods
- conscientious about my health: watching and caring about your health
- flavoursome and appealing: good to eat and looking attractive
- convenient take away: food which you can eat at home
- healthier eating habits: eating less sugar or salt
- productive at work: achieving more, better results
- processed meat: meat in which there are additives or chemicals
- function successfully: to work, perform in a great way
- tempted by diets: interested in other ways of eating
- adopted a vegan diet: a vegan does not eat meat or dairy foods
- broadminded: open to other ideas
- sceptical: not believing something
- overproduction of meat: factories or agricultural methods which are focused on this
- public service education message: advice from the government
- positive reinforcement: rewarding people for doing the right thing
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