junk food

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"By restricting adverts for junk food before 9pm and banning paid adverts online, we can remove excessive exposure to unhealthy foods," health minister Ashley Dalton said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

The meals inside, she said, were mostly junk food.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

If social media is the junk food you’re trying to cut out, budgeting and saving strategies are the fruits and vegetables you’re trying to eat more.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Lay’s is America’s top-selling brand of potato chips, a category synonymous with junk food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

We spent every penny we had on junk food.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride