Definition of "junk food" []

• A high-calorie food that is low in nutritional value. (noun)

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• "A government-encouraged consumerism campaign had singled out “transnational junk food companies” as its favorite target; Sabritas management felt that criticism had been inflammatory and unfair."
• "This incredible titian-haired crusader who snuck junk food to a kid with a health food fanatic mom and crawled into crates with frightened little boys at the risk of her own life could have died before he had the chance to hold her again."
• "I never knew there was such a thing as a truck stop, but before we left, Dean explained to me that truck stops were like giant 7-Elevens, stocked with every junk food imaginable, trucker souvenirs, and a wide selection of hats with slogans."