junk food

Example Sentences

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"But this study has shown that not only are they doing it for those reasons, but also as a result of eating too much junk food, which is something that is quite novel."

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Read more: The U.S. is about to define what junk food is.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Everything from diabetes to schizophrenia, he claims, is caused by Americans being junk food junkies.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

She believes lifestyles have changed over the last few decades, adding that children don't exercise as much and "it's all junk food now".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

He remembered reading something about junk food in one of the books in the attic and asking his mother about it.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix