Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A high-calorie food that is low in nutritional value.
Wiktionary
- n. Food with little or no nutritional value.
WordNet 3.0
- n. food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
Examples
“Loaded down with skin mags, beer, smokes — his contribution — with junk food and Cokes from Fox, and the picnic basket of sandwiches and lemonade Cal’s mother had packed.”
The Hollow
“A government-encouraged consumerism campaign had singled out “transnational junk food companies” as its favorite target; Sabritas management felt that criticism had been inflammatory and unfair.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“This incredible titian-haired crusader who snuck junk food to a kid with a health food fanatic mom and crawled into crates with frightened little boys at the risk of her own life could have died before he had the chance to hold her again.”
Strategic Engagement
““Or even just to get to be irresponsible and stay out late with friends and eat junk food and go dancing all night, because you don’t have to do the super-responsible things that someone with a chronic illness has to do, like get plenty of rest, go to bed early, eat right, and watch your every move.””
“I never knew there was such a thing as a truck stop, but before we left, Dean explained to me that truck stops were like giant 7-Elevens, stocked with every junk food imaginable, trucker souvenirs, and a wide selection of hats with slogans.”
“8. What could I start doing today or tomorrow to overcome___________my exercise resistance or junk food habit?”
“Nicole lived in dual-personality divorce land, where at one house (Theresa’s) there was every junk food possible and lax rules and “fun,” and in the other (Dennis’s) there were rules for everything and an insistence on a “healthy” lifestyle, which meant you were a shameful, weak loser if a Dorito passed your lips.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘junk food’.
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Candy Hearts
Four letters (or less) per row. http://acme.com/heartmaker/
frog love, dumb luck, pink lips, soul mate, wart hog, junk food, spoo ning, blue pill, city dust, buck wild, bull dust, tear bear and 72 more...
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unk knowns
bunk, chipmunk, junkyard, funk, junket, crunk, chunk, kerplunk, hunk, preshrunk, spunk, countersunk and 53 more...
treeseed Junk food is a term describing food that is unhealthy and/or has poor nutritional value, according to the Food Standards Agency (UK). The term is believed to have been coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972. The term has since become common usage.
Junk food often contains high levels of saturated fat, salt, or sugar and numerous food additives such as monosodium glutamate and tartrazine; at the same time, it is lacking in proteins, vitamins and fibre, among other healthy attributes. It is popular with suppliers because it is relatively cheap to manufacture, has a long shelf life and may not require refrigeration. It is popular with American consumers because it is easy to purchase, requires little or no preparation, is convenient to consume and has lots of flavor. Consumption of junk food in America, has been associated with obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and dental cavities. There is also concern about the targeting of marketing to children.
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See also Fake Food List Feb 18, 2008