adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fresh/healthy complexion (= healthy and clean )
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a young man with a fresh complexion
a good/healthy appetite
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Growing children should have a healthy appetite.
a good/healthy balance
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You should eat a good balance of carbohydrates and protein.
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Are you eating a healthy balance of foods?
a healthy alternative
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Low-fat biscuits are a healthy alternative to cake.
a healthy disrespect (= that you think is good )
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Damien has always had a healthy disrespect for media opinion.
a healthy eater (= someone who eats healthy food )
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Do you think healthy eaters live longer?
a healthy infant
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Amy gave birth to a healthy infant.
a healthy lifestyle
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A healthy lifestyle includes taking exercise and not smoking.
a healthy meal
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Healthy meals can still be quick and easy to prepare.
a healthy state (= a good state )
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Student numbers at the college are in a healthy state.
a healthy/handsome/tidy profit (= big )
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By the second year, the restaurant began to make a healthy profit.
good/healthy/clear (= smooth and without any red spots )
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Vitamin E helps keep your skin healthy.
have a healthy/simple etc lifestyle
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We had very different lifestyles.
healthy glow
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She had a healthy glow in her cheeks.
healthy
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We try to give the kids good healthy food.
healthy
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Eating oily fish can help maintain a healthy heart.
healthy/good
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A healthy diet includes plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
lead a healthy/simple etc lifestyle (= live in a particular way )
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You can change your eating habits and lead a healthier lifestyle.
live a healthy/simple etc lifestyle
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I had enough money to live a lavish lifestyle.
live a quiet/active/healthy etc life
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She lives a very busy life.
strong/healthy/sound
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The new government inherited a strong economy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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As at home, your diet is as healthy and balanced as you make it - it's up to you.
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If you lose weight, will you be as healthy as a person who was never fat to begin with?
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Cuckney regards such managerial mobility as healthy .
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They may not be as healthy as the makers would like you to think.
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Norweb is paying a higher interim dividend, up from 5.3p to 5.9p and the final should be just as healthy .
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He should be encouraged to think of sport as healthy exercise done for fun, rather than for competition.
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A girl as healthy as it was possible to imagine and yet there, undoubtedly, was the expression of hunger.
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The other two, nearly five years later, are as healthy as ever.
more
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Policy implications Current evidence indicates that older people are more healthy than popular stereotypes suggest.
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We got one who is younger and more healthy .
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Would you like to be more healthy ?
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Not only that, but 76% are actually doing something about it and gradually introducing more healthy foods into their diets.
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More and more healthy women who have prepared carefully for childbirth will be told that they have to undergo a Caesarean.
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Perhaps they were simply more healthy or more fertile.
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Change the family's diet to low-fat and more healthy eating. 2.
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She vowed to use more healthy images.
much
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Why should popular opinion hold that brown bread or brown sugar are so much healthier than the refined, white versions?
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Whether you're shopping, going to work or travelling for pleasure, it's a lot cheaper and much healthier !
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That's partly because the company is much healthier and more robust now.
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It's all looking much healthier now but time is still a major factor.
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These industries are now having to compete in the private sector and are much healthier for it.
otherwise
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Periodically there are press reports of otherwise healthy individuals who need no sleep at all.
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The nonsmoking, sedentary men involved in the study were 20 percent to 60 percent over ideal weight, but otherwise healthy .
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Wang's face and lips were scarred from his burn wounds, but he appeared otherwise healthy .
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At that rate, 3 million of those otherwise healthy people will develop heart disease in the next 10 years.
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As the fish is still feeding, and appears to be otherwise healthy , I would suggest leaving it alone.
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It has caused few, if any, deaths among otherwise healthy people.
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The result looked like an insidious, grey-green growth lopped off an otherwise healthy young tree to protect its trunk.
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The swarming lampreys consume not only dead or sickly fish but set upon otherwise healthy ones.
perfectly
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She looked perfectly healthy , but Frankie was not convinced.
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He denied that perfectly healthy horses make it to slaughter because he can make more by reselling to somebody else.
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Given just one type of seed, they would always eat it and be perfectly healthy .
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But necrotizing fasciitis can strike perfectly healthy , fastidious people as well.
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However, one of them disappeared overnight, after being perfectly healthy during the day.
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Yes, but this is not the explanation in many cases, where the animal is perfectly healthy in all other respects.
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This does not necessarily mean sick animals - many are perfectly healthy , just unwanted.
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A kidney, thought to be perfectly healthy was transplanted into a patient on chronic dialysis.
very
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The chicks need round the clock attention, and have developed very healthy appetites.
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He was termed a very healthy individual.
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With a little knowledge you can make very healthy changes to your diet without having to alter radically your whole way of eating.
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His breathing was always audible; for all his size and apparent strength, he did not seem to be very healthy .
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On examination there was little abnormal to see, the cervix looked very healthy and there was no excess of vaginal discharge.
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Parslina is very healthy , she has no germs.
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Arguably, the Club has set the standards for other to follow - and very healthy it looks on them too.
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I too am very healthy , as they can see.
■ NOUN
appetite
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The chicks need round the clock attention, and have developed very healthy appetites .
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A high-powered grill that has a healthy appetite for the biggest brunch.
baby
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You and Charles are going to have a beautiful, healthy baby .
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Her arms and face have the appealing plumpness of a healthy baby .
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The woman later gave birth to a healthy baby in a subsequent pregnancy.
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We are just so happy to have four healthy babies .
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It keeps you fit and helps you to have a healthy baby .
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Marge Owen had delivered a healthy baby girl.
body
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Integral to this research was an understanding of how the healthy body provided its own defences against invading bacteria by developing anti-toxins.
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That gave him reason to turn his personal devotion to a healthy body into a crusade.
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Salt Sodium chloride is found naturally in many foods and is essential for a healthy body .
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If you just eat less, you are less likely to get all the nutrition you need to build a healthy body .
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I inherited a large fortune, a strong healthy body and an excellent mind.
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Healthy minds in healthy bodies , yes.
child
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Childhood cancers, including leukaemia, can strike a healthy child at random, regardless of race, social background or creed.
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From the very beginning I was an extraordinarily healthy child .
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I think anything that helps to deliver a healthy child is to be welcomed, not feared.
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A: It may take good detective skills to determine the cause of sudden severe ear pain in a healthy child .
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She had her first operation when she was 21 days old and has never experienced the life of a healthy child .
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All these infants did become healthy children with intact self-identity.
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Children who suffer from prolonged ill-health inevitably benefit less from education than healthy children.
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Educated women have healthier children and enjoy better health themselves.
control
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The healthy control group received no additional treatment.
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Fundic argyrophil cell densities in patients with Zollinger-Ellison sydrome were compared with previously published values in 10 healthy control subjects.
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The values were compared with findings in 10 healthy controls .
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Patients with idiopathic chronic constipation have a decreased number and duration of giant migrating complexes than healthy controls .
diet
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Of these, the most important to a healthy diet are starches and fibre.
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Are supplements really a con or can they be an essential addition to a healthy diet ? of dosage for supplements.
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Feed on a healthy diet of positive, encouraging, hopeful thoughts.
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So could better information about a healthy diet .
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We had vitamin tablets-we even had doctors telling us that eating a healthy diet made more sense than gulping pills.
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It's only natural to worry about whether your child is getting a healthy diet .
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I told Willett I eat a healthy diet .
eating
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After the annual over-indulgence your New Year resolutions will probably include healthy eating .
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Adjust cooking methods for healthier eating .
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It includes everything you need to know about healthy eating , sport and exercise, along with tips on looking good and relaxation.
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Healthy eating is in, and there is plenty of advice available about what is healthy eating.
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Simplesse - the way forward for healthy eating ?
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Rather than concentrate on restrictions it is much easier, at least initially, to consider the positive aspect of healthy eating .
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You need to have detailed information to help you plan your goals for healthier eating and weight control.
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Healthy growth: The award-winning Yorkshire Heartbeat scheme to promote healthy eating in pubs across Yorkshire is to be extended.
economy
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But long-term investors do not guarantee a healthy economy .
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Analysts also blamed diminished turnout on the relatively healthy economy .
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Further, as a result of a generally healthy economy , employment in service and other industries outside manufacturing firms could increase.
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The healthy economy continues to give companies both money and incentive to advertise.
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A healthy economy in the 1960s and 1970s created a sizeable and conservative urban middle class.
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Like a good cake, a healthy economy should have some springiness, some resiliency.
environment
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The issues involved in a healthy environment grow year by year.
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But we can combat germs and bacteria and provide a healthier environment for our loved ones with the help of Dettol.
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My greatest aspiration is to work towards a clean healthy environment for all humanity.
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The effective teaching of history requires first and foremost a healthy environment in which to flourish.
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By protecting them we ensure a healthy environment - for ourselves and our children as well as for the wildlife.
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In modern societies living in a healthy environment , the difference is slight.
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They shout, sing and hold their placards high, demanding the right to a clean, safe, healthy environment .
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Through their own efforts they have created a happier, healthier environment for their children.
food
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The diet is a wholesome one; healthy foods such as salads, wholemeal bread and semi-skimmed milk are used.
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She advocates the idea of creating gardens that feed themselves, an organic process she believes produces healthier food and flowers.
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I have the sense to choose nutritious, healthy food , and I am lasting pretty well.
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They both loved to cook, and especially loved to cook what they considered healthy food .
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It is now established as a healthy food , with popular appeal for the ever-growing numbers of health-conscious diners.
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Check your diet against healthy food recommendations and adjust where necessary.
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Information Shops should provide greater information on healthy foods at the point of sale.
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It should be scrapped and replaced by a sustainable system of healthy food production.
individual
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The healthy individual has no compulsive morality because he has no impulses which call for moral inhibition.
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He was termed a very healthy individual .
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Measurements of disease-incidence; the welfare of diseased individuals is clearly not as good as that of healthy individuals.
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In most healthy individuals body temperature begins to rise during the last few hours of sleep just before they awaken.
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When stocking a pool with fish, take care to select healthy individuals with firm, meaty bodies and erect dorsal fins.
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The heart association also suggested that healthy individuals limit eggs to four or fewer a week.
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More undigested food molecules pass through the gut wall than in healthy individuals , making food intolerance much more likely.
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But most types of children can be emotionally healthy individuals and can become wonderful parents.
life
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Compulsory retirement for all at a fixed age is no longer appropriate as people live longer and healthier lives .
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We will teach you that they can be very necessary components in an emotionally healthy life .
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On this theory one year of healthy life is taken to be worth 1.
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Today, people are living longer and healthier lives .
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For Britain, babies born last year can expect 71.7 years of healthy life .
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The discovery of insulin in 1921 would have lifted that sentence and offered him a long and reasonably healthy life .
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They've been given a better education, a longer and healthier life and higher expectations, but no future.
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The situation improved, but regular food rations were still barely sufficient to sustain a healthy life .
lifestyle
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Expert groups in many Western countries have already decided to lobby for changes towards a healthier lifestyle without waiting for results.
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A balanced diet and daily physical exercise are the keys to a healthy lifestyle .
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We recognize, too, that a healthy lifestyle contributes more to looking good than skilfully used cosmetics.
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The borough council has drawn up the programme in a bid to highlight the benefits of a healthy lifestyle .
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Programme LUNCH/ZMU/2/11/93 Well it's time for an unscheduled visit to one of our healthy lifestyle volunteers.
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Media coverage of issues relating to a healthy lifestyle is certainly extensive, but can be confusing.
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He hopes to influence thousands of children and young people to adopt healthy lifestyles .
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We also explain how you can revolutionise your eating habits and lead a healthier lifestyle .
man
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The healthy person was also the healthy man .
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A healthy man to put himself into a sickbed of his own accord.
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In healthy men without atrophy, gastric acid secretion is preserved with ageing and is independent of H pylori status.
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They were the healthiest men Fong had ever laid eyes on.
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Sir Henry was a young and healthy man .
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Similarly, basal serum gastrin concentrations do not alter with ageing in healthy men .
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This effect of symmetry was indistinguishable from that observed in the speeded responses of two age-matched, neurologically healthy men .
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Five normal healthy men were selected as controls for the study.
people
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In this way normal healthy people may be tested without inducing any damage in their brain.
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I watched all the healthy people walk up and down with their limbs intact and the flesh still covering their bones.
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In addition, tonics from plants can be used preventively by healthy people , as our grandparents may attest.
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That concentration, greater than on a highway during rush hour, would not cause even a headache in most healthy people .
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But do we need it, will it make our lives better, will we be healthier people as a result.
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The bug, called enterococcus, lives in the nasal passages and intestines of many healthy people , causing no harm.
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But that same enzyme system is defective in 20 percent of normal, healthy people .
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It is a picture, says Kevorkian, of how most normal, healthy people view dying.
person
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The healthy person was also the healthy man.
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I am a thin, healthy person .
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Being a healthy person , I immediately told myself this could not refer to me.
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They also can attack a healthy person who might become infected through a foot wound, for example.
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Any healthy person will think like this.
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Hahnemann discovered that certain remedies caused particular symptoms in a healthy person .
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In the normal, healthy person the gut flora is a balanced community of different organisms.
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It states that a substance causing certain symptoms in a healthy person can cure a sick person with the same symptoms.
profit
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And hospital chiefs are confident the shops will turn in healthy profits that will be used to improve patient care.
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At a time when many chains are losing money, Lechters is turning a healthy profit .
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Burmah Castrol, the lubricants group, was one impressive performer as dealers cheered its healthy profits rise.
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Companies continue to register healthy profits .
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Bought four years ago from Johnson Matthey, it has since trebled turnover and is now making healthy profits .
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So does that add up to conflict for the pubs; healthy drinking verses healthy profit ?
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Both, along with Red Dragon in Cardiff, which he also picked up, were now showing a healthy profit .
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The couple had taken over the shop six years previously and had achieved a healthy profit through hard work.
respect
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I wouldn't insult their intelligence by lying and we had a healthy respect for each other.
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My fear turned into a healthy respect for the sea.
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Having said all this, the court accepted the need to pay healthy respect to the principles of comity.
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Acclaimed designer Carleton Varney has introduced bright new colors and a sense of airy spaciousness while retaining a healthy respect for tradition.
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In the main they are shy creatures, though their speed, strength and agility demand a healthy respect .
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A different set of values existed, such as parental respect , and a healthy respect for law and order.
subject
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Jejunal secretion is, however, known to occasionally occur in healthy subjects .
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Even in healthy subjects the eyeball exhibits rapid, involuntary, oscillatory movements, a phenomenon called nystagmus.
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Peristaltic garments could almost double blood flow in healthy subjects .
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Thirty five healthy subjects with different blood groups were also included in the study.
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A nasopharyngeal swab or paired serum samples, or both, were collected from healthy subjects .
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ET-1 mRNA and mature peptide have been localised to the pulmonary epithelium of healthy subjects and those with asthma.
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The concentration of other essential cationic metals in gastric juice did not differ between healthy subjects and those with peptic ulcer disease.
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The control group consisted of 30 healthy subjects .
volunteer
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In healthy volunteers , H pylori state was determined by the C urea breath test.
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The H pylori negative and positive healthy volunteers were similar for both basal and peak acid output.
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Such a lack of correlation was also observed by Levin after oral administration of 5 µg purified cholera toxin to healthy volunteers .
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The study was approved by the ethics committee of our university and informed consent was obtained from all patients and healthy volunteers .
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Grossly normal appearing gastric biopsy specimens were taken from healthy volunteers .
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The patients with gastric ulcer had significantly fewer gap junctions than did the healthy volunteers .
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Twenty healthy volunteers completed the questionnaire.
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Small gap junctions were observed between gastric surface mucous cells in all healthy volunteers .
woman
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To me, she represents a healthy woman who eats sensibly and exercises.
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But doctors have not yet formulated their own message for the healthy women who carry these mutated genes.
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But even young, nulliparous, and otherwise totally healthy women experience urinary incontinence.
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Nine separate studies throughout the world have not shown any improvement in outcome for the baby with monitoring of healthy women .
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More and more healthy women who have prepared carefully for childbirth will be told that they have to undergo a Caesarean.
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We would soon discover that we had no answers to the most obvious questions about how healthy women function.
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A 19-year-old previously healthy woman was admitted with generalised tonic-clonic seizure, followed by focal myoclonus of the right shoulder.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
good/better/healthy etc start (in life)
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A good start is one where you pass close behind the start boat going at speed.
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But it wasn't a good start in the lessons of love, and left me very arid in such matters.
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He had better start by accepting that if he does the right things, they will not be popular ones.
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It wasn't a very good start .
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Not a good start , but a start, nevertheless.
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The auditor may enjoy the gifts, but he had better start looking for a sympathy engram not yet suspected or tapped.
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The problem was the middle and end, when the team sacrificed rebounding for getting out to a good start .
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They will, however, be getting a new center, and that is a good start , he believes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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healthy skin
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a healthy diet
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a healthy marriage
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a healthy outdoor life
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All of our kids have healthy appetites.
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Currently, there's a healthy climate for businesses.
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Eating plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables will help you to stay healthy .
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He's nearly 60 now but he's strong and healthy and full of energy.
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Her death came as a terrible shock. She had always been so healthy .
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Her face had a healthy glow.
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I'm trying to eat a healthier diet now, with less fat and sugar.
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I've been much healthier since I stopped smoking.
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I saw Hazel Phillips the other day, and she didn't look very healthy .
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It's not healthy for Donna to depend on Wayne so much.
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She's just had a lovely healthy baby girl.
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Taking plenty of exercise can be both healthy and enjoyable.
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We need to work toward a healthier environment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But there was always a healthy audience for metal.
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Educated women had lower fertility rates, and the children they did have were significantly healthier.
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In some places they even say that small amounts of radiation make you healthier.
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It is now established as a healthy food, with popular appeal for the ever-growing numbers of health-conscious diners.
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Over time, children who are not autonomous do not develop a healthy sense of self-esteem.
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She looked perfectly healthy , but Frankie was not convinced.