noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , full , good , perfect
▪ bad , declining , delicate , failing , fragile , frail , ill , poor
▪
He had to retire due to ill ~.
▪ general , overall
▪ long-term
▪ mental , physical , sexual
▪ environmental , occupational
▪
environmental ~ officers
▪ public
▪
There is no threat to public ~ from this paint.
▪ personal
▪ human
VERB + HEALTH
▪ enjoy , have
▪
She's never really enjoyed good ~.
▪ ensure , look after ( esp. BrE ), maintain , protect
▪
You need to maintain your physical and mental ~.
▪ enhance , improve
▪
ways to improve the nation's general ~
▪ promote
▪
a campaign to promote better ~ in the workplace
▪ recover , regain , restore
▪ nurse sb back to , restore sb to
▪
She was nursed back to full ~.
▪
Doctors worked for weeks to restore him to ~.
▪ damage , harm , ruin , undermine
▪ endanger , risk , threaten
▪
Some athletes are prepared to risk their ~ to win a medal.
▪ affect
▪ monitor
HEALTH + VERB
▪ improve
▪
Her ~ gradually improved.
▪ deteriorate , fail , worsen
▪
His ~ began to fail under the heavy pressures of the job.
HEALTH + NOUN
▪ care
▪
How is primary ~ care best delivered?
▪
community ~ care
(see also health service )
▪ system
▪ authority ( esp. BrE ), board ( esp. BrE ), department
▪
the local ~ authority ( BrE )
▪ issue , needs , problem
▪ hazard , risk
▪ benefit
▪
the ~ benefits of physical activity
▪ education
▪ centre/center , clinic , facilities
▪
a community ~ centre/center
▪ insurance , plan
▪
private ~ insurance
▪ food
▪
~ food stores
▪ official , professional , visitor ( in the UK ), worker
▪
Health visitors give families support for infant care and development.
▪ provider
▪ warning
▪
The air quality was so bad that the government issued a ~ warning.
▪ minister ( BrE )
PHRASES
▪ bad for your ~ , good for your ~
▪
Smoking is bad for your ~.
▪ ~ and safety
▪
~ and safety at work
▪ (not) in the best of ~ , in good ~ , in poor ~
▪
He was in much better ~.
▪ sb's state of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
He is unable to travel far because of his state of ~.