junk food

Example Sentences

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A colony of macaques that gorge on snacks offered by tourists in the British territory of Gibraltar swallow soil to recover from their junk food binges, a study has found.

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 points to a study which claims that London Underground's 2019 ban on junk food adverts led to less people buying such products in the UK capital.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

I can only eat junk food in secret because it’s forbidden in our house.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez