health in general

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healthful

healthful [adjective]

helping to produce good health

US

/ˈhelθ.fəl/

UK

/ˈhelθ.fəl/

Example:

A healthful diet includes lots of green vegetables.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

healthful

health‧ful /ˈhelθfəl/ BrE AmE adjective formal
likely to make you healthy:
healthful mountain air

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

healthful

health·ful [healthful healthfully] [ˈhelθfl] [ˈhelθfl] adjective usually before noun (formal or NAmE)
good for your health

Derived Word: healthfully

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

healthful / ˈhelθ.f ə l / adjective US

helping to produce good health:

A healthful diet includes lots of green vegetables.

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

healthful

[he̱lθfʊl]
ADJ-GRADED
Something that is healthful is good for your health.
Does the college cafeteria provide a healthful diet?...
Chinese cooking is both low in calories and healthful.
Syn:
healthy

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

healthful

health·ful /ˈhɛlɵfəl/ adj [more ~; most ~] : good for your health : healthy
• healthful living
• a healthful lifestyle/diet
• The meal was both healthful and satisfying.
- health·ful·ly adv
- health·ful·ness noun [noncount]