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poor health

NOUN
helplessness
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Everyone is entitled to privacy about their bodies, and no one should be shamed for poor health.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Unlike younger adults who may want to lose weight in order to look better or to get ahead of obesity-related conditions that could lead to decades of poor health, older people often have different priorities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Experts said it was further evidence that strength-based training can help prevent or delay poor health and could ease pressure on overstretched health services.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

They liked the campaign’s view that if your family has poor health outcomes, it must be a matter of individual failure, whether it’s taking Tylenol or failing to feed kids organic food.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

His request is not accepted, although he cites his poor health, and he serves until the end of the war.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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