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Walking: The 'Wonder Drug': Vocabulary

Walking has significant health benefits and is as effective as running according to a new study. Known as a "wonder drug", walking lowers the risk of health conditions like high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. Regular brisk walking can also help people maintain a healthy weight, boost their mood, sharpen their mind, keep their joints healthy, and improve creativity.

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Walking: The 'Wonder Drug': Vocabulary

Walking has significant health benefits and is as effective as running according to a new study. Known as a "wonder drug", walking lowers the risk of health conditions like high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes. Regular brisk walking can also help people maintain a healthy weight, boost their mood, sharpen their mind, keep their joints healthy, and improve creativity.

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Walking: The 'Wonder Drug'

June 14, 2017

Health

Exercise 1

Vocabulary
wonder
ˈ wə ndə r
Adjective
extremely good, unusual, beautiful or effective
Wonder drugs such as Aspirin helped a lot of people.
strenuous
ˈ strɛ njuː ə s
Adjective
needing great effort and energy
I prefer work that is more strenuous than sitting at a desk all day.
high-impact
haɪ ˈ ɪ mpækt
Adjective
placing great stress on the body
The doctors suggested avoiding high-impact physical activity.
diabetes
ˌ daɪ əˈ biː tɪ s
Noun
a serious medical condition in which a person's body cannot reduce the
amount of sugar in the blood
There are different types of diabetes.
brisk
brɪ sk
Adjective
moving or acting quickly
We went for a brisk walk in the park.
sharpen
ˈ ʃ ɑː (r)pən
Verb
to improve or make something improve
The school will give young athletes the chance to sharpen their skills.
joint
dʒ ɔ ɪ nt
Noun
a part of the body that can move where two bones meet

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You may experience some pain in your joints because of injury.

Exercise 2

Article
Walking: The 'Wonder Drug'
If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity to
add to your day – walking.

"Walking is the closest thing we have to a wonder drug, ” says Thomas


Friedman.Friedman is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in the United States.

You may think that simply taking a walk is not enough to make a big
difference. You might think that you need do something strenuous like
running to stay healthy.

Well, a new study says that is not true. It finds that walking may be as
good for us as running.

Running is a high-impact activity and can be hard on the body. So, many
people cannot run. Walking, it seems, has all of the advantages and none
of the disadvantages of running.

The study also found that the more people walked or ran each week, the
more their health benefits increased.

Walking is a great exercise for beginners. If you are out of shape or


getting back into shape after an illness or accident, walking is perfect.

So, walking lowers your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and
diabetes. But many other studies have found that walking benefits the
body and mind in other ways.

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For example, regular brisk walking can help you: keep a healthy weight,
improve your mood, sharpen your mind, keep your joints healthy and
improve your creativity.

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