Junk food

Junk food is used to represent foods and drinks that add low nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fibers, etc.), high kilojoules, saturated fats, sugar and salt. They are also called discretionary choices

Eating junk food regularly increases the risk of chronic diseases such as obesity and cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, certain cancers

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Junk foods are low nutritious foods and drinks (vitamins, minerals, fibers etc), high kilojoules, saturated fats, sugar and salt added.

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of junk food? Recently, the junk food industry is taking off, whether young or old. Junk food has various advantages and disadvantages. Junk food like french fries and pizza is attractive for everyone. Junk food is full of calories and fat without nutritional value. One of the advantages of fast food is that you can walk, order and eat. For contemporary young people, vegetables and fruits are not attractive compared to junk foods such as pizza and fried potatoes. Junk food is tasty

Junk food contains a lot of fever, food of malnutrition. In recent decades, the consumption of American junk food, fast food, convenience food has dramatically increased, and now 25% of people are mainly consuming junk food. This trend is consistent with an increase in epidemiology of many chronic diseases and explains why many junk foods are bad. Junk food plays an important role in the epidemic of obesity. According to researchers at Harvard University, the US obesity rate is expected to reach 42% by 2050. When eating fast food with people who do not eat fast food as everyday diet, they consume more fat, carbohydrates, processed sugar, and less fiber. The junk foods of these children's meals will add 187 calories per day so it will increase by 6 pounds per year.

Junk food is a mild food slang with low nutritional value. This food usually contains high sugar, high calorie, salt and fat. Fast food and junk food are characterized by high levels of calories in fat and sugar, including minor amounts of minerals, protein, vitamins. Generally, foods considered junk foods include candies, chewing gums, fried snacks, salty snack foods, sweet carbonated drinks, and desserts.