healthy

enjoying good health; hearty; robust: The children are all healthy.
Not to be confused with:healthful – conducive to health; wholesome: We serve only healthful food.

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H0106500 (hĕl′thē)adj. health·i·er, health·i·est 1. Possessing good health: a healthy child.2. Conducive to good health; healthful: healthy air.3. Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind: a healthy attitude.4. Sizable; considerable: a healthy portion of peas; a healthy raise in salary.adv. So as to promote one's health; in a healthy way: If you eat healthy, you'll probably live longer.

health′i·ly adv.health′i·ness n.Synonyms: healthy, wholesome, sound², hale¹, robust, well²
These adjectives refer to a state of good physical health. Healthy stresses the absence of disease or infirmity and is used of whole organisms as well as their parts: a healthy baby; flossed daily to promote healthy gums. Wholesome suggests a state of good health associated with youthful vitality or clean living: "In truth, a wholesome, ruddy, blooming creature she was" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Healthy and wholesome are often extended to conditions or choices deemed conducive to good health: a healthy lifestyle; wholesome foods. Sound emphasizes freedom from injury, imperfection, or impairment: "The man with the toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound" (George Bernard Shaw).
Hale stresses freedom from infirmity, especially in elderly persons, while robust emphasizes healthy strength and ruggedness: "He is pretty well advanced in years, but hale, robust, and florid" (Tobias Smollett).
Well indicates absence of or recovery from illness: felt well enough to make the trip.Usage Note: Some people insist on maintaining a distinction between the words healthy and healthful. In this view, healthful means "conducive to good health" and is applied to things that promote health, while healthy means "possessing good health," and is applied solely to people and other organisms. Accordingly, healthy people have healthful habits. However, healthy has been used to mean "healthful" since the 1500s, as in this example from John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education: "Gardening ... and working in wood, are fit and healthy recreations for a man of study or business." In fact, the word healthy is far more common than healthful when modifying words like diet, exercise, and foods, and healthy may strike many readers as more natural in many contexts. Certainly, both healthy and healthful must be considered standard in describing that which promotes health.

healthy

(ˈhɛlθɪ) adj, healthier or healthiest1. enjoying good health2. functioning well or being sound: the company's finances are not very healthy. 3. conducive to health; salutary4. indicating soundness of body or mind: a healthy appetite. 5. informal considerable in size or amount: a healthy sum. ˈhealthily adv ˈhealthiness n

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adj. health•i•er, health•i•est. 1. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of good health, or a sound and vigorous mind. 3. conducive to good health. 4. prosperous: a healthy business. 5. fairly large: I bought a healthy number of books. [1545–55] health′i•ly, adv. health′i•ness, n. syn: healthy, healthful, wholesome refer to physical, mental, or moral health and well-being. healthy most often applies to what possesses health, but may apply to what promotes health: a healthy child; a healthy climate. healthful is usu. applied to something conducive to physical health: a healthful diet. wholesome, connoting freshness and purity, applies to something that is physically or morally beneficial: wholesome food; wholesome entertainment.

healthy

healthy, healthful - Healthy is a positive descriptive of a person's (or personified thing's) physical state; healthful is used of something that favorably affects or promotes that state.
vegete - Describing something healthy and active, flourishing in respect to health and vigor.
orthorexia - An obsession with eating only "healthy" food.
insane, insanity - Latin sanus, "healthy," is part of insane and insanity.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"fit - physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"well - in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"wholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	2.	healthy - financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"sound - financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
	3.	healthy - promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet"; "clean healthy air"; "plenty of healthy sleep"; "healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy"; "the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you"good for you, salubriouswholesome - conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; "wholesome attitude"; "wholesome appearance"; "wholesome food"
	4.	healthy - exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"levelheaded, level-headed, sound, intelligentreasonable, sensible - showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
	5.	healthy - large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune"goodly, sizable, sizeable, goodish, tidy, hefty, respectableconsiderable - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree; "a considerable quantity"; "the economy was a considerable issue in the campaign"; "went to considerable trouble for us"; "spent a considerable amount of time on the problem"

healthy

adjective1. well, sound, fit, strong, active, flourishing, hardy, blooming, robust, vigorous, sturdy, hale, hearty, in good shape (informal), in good condition, in the pink, alive and kicking, fighting fit, in fine form, in fine fettle, hale and hearty, fit as a fiddle (informal), right as rain (Brit. informal), physically fit, in fine feather She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a healthy child.
well ill, sick, poorly (informal), diseased, weak, delicate, crook (Austral. & N.Z. informal), fragile, ailing, frail, unfit, feeble, unhealthy, debilitated, sickly, unwell, weedy (informal), unsound, infirm, at death's door2. wholesome, beneficial, nourishing, good for you, nutritious, salutary, hygienic, healthful, salubrious, health-giving a healthy diet
wholesome unhealthy, unwholesome3. invigorating, bracing, beneficial, good for you, salutary, healthful, salubrious a healthy outdoor pursuit

healthy

adjective1. Having good health:fit, hale, healthful, hearty, right, sound, well, whole, wholesome.Idioms: fit as a fiddle, hale and hearty, in fine fettle.2. Promoting good health:healthful, healthsome, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, wholesome.3. Notably above average in amount, size, or scope:big, considerable, extensive, good, great, large, large-scale, sizable.Informal: tidy.

Translations

健康的反映健康的对个人福祉相当关注的有益健康的相当大的

health

(helθ) noun1. the state of being well or ill. He is in good/poor health.健康2. the state of being well. I may be getting old, but so long as I keep my health, I'll be happy.健康状况ˈhealthy adjective1. (generally) having good health. I'm rarely ill – I'm really a very healthy person; My bank balance is healthier now than it used to be.健康的2. causing or helping to produce good health. a healthy climate.有益健康的3. resulting from good health. a healthy appetite.反映健康的4. showing a sensible concern for one's own well-being etc. He shows a healthy respect for the law. 相当大的，对个人福祉相当关注的 ˈhealthiness noun健康ˈhealth maintenance organization noun (abbreviation HMO) (American) a system of health centers providing medical treatment, preventive care and hospitalization to its paying members. 保健组织，卫生维护组织 health service (the organization which runs) all the medical services of a country which are available to the public. 公共医疗卫生服务（机构） drink (to) someone's health to drink a toast to someone, wishing him good health. 为某人健康干杯

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healthy

[helth´e] pertaining to, characterized by, or promoting health.

health·y

(helth'ē), Well; in a state of normal functioning; free from disease.

health·y

(hel'thē) 1. The amorphous term is understood by the F.D.A. to signify the product so labeled is low in fats, cholesterol, and sodium and that it contains 10% of the required daily amounts of Vitamins A and C, as well as calcium, iron, protein, and fiber. 2. Well; in a state of normal functioning; free from disease.

health·y

(hel'thē) Well; in a state of normal functioning; free from disease.

Patient discussion about healthy

Q. How can I loose weight in a healthy way? A. Basically – eat balanced diet of what your body NEEDS and not what you desire to eat, exercise more and cut off smoking and other bad habits. You don’t have to change your whole life – sometimes relatively simple measures can make a big change.
You may read more here (
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/weightcontrol.html), and remember to consult a professional before you start a new diet or exercise program.
Good-luck!

Q. Is alcohol really healthy? I’m 19 years old girl, and never drink alcohol. I had an argument with my friend that argued that alcohol actually helps the heart and prevents some disease, and therefore I should drink at least some. However, I always hear about how alcohol ruins your liver and the whole body. Is he right?A. The important thing is that alcohol helps disease that usually affect old men, so for young people (like you) eventually alcohol is more harmfull than healthy.

Q. what is more healthy, brown sugar or fruit sugar? A. fruit sugar

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