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junk food

noun

Definitions

  1. Food with little or no nutritional value

    Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.

    • The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.
    • Junk foods and fast foods such as pizzas, hot dogs, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, and so on increase inflammation, promote insulin resistance, and increase the risk of diabetes and obesity.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA