IELTS Comprehensive Vocabulary List

Physical activity: Activité physique - Refers to any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.

Sedentary lifestyle: Mode de vie sédentaire - A type of lifestyle involving little or no physical activity, which is a significant factor in various health conditions.

Obesity: Obésité - A medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to an extent that it may have a negative effect on health.

Chronic disease: Maladie chronique - A human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.

Life expectancy: Espérance de vie - The average period that a person may expect to live.

Public health: Santé publique - The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities, and individuals.

Mortality rate: Taux de mortalité - A measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

Immune system: Système immunitaire - The body's multi-level defense network against potentially harmful bacteria, viruses, and other organisms.

Epidemic: Épidémie - A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Vaccination: Vaccination - Treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.