junk food

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The monkeys with the most frequent soil consumption munch on tourist junk food that is "high in sugar, high in salt, high in dairy, which the macaques can't digest," said Lemoine.

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

"Humans evolved to seek out and store energy-dense fats and sugars to survive periods of scarcity, leading us to crave high-calorie junk food," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Leo held up a yellow-and-red bag of junk food called Fonzies.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan