Everyone loves fatty and sugary junk foods and chooses them over healthy, unprocessed foods, since junk food is found everywhere and contains additives to make them test well. The major differences between healthy food and junk food is the nutritional value and calorie content of each. Healthy food is natural, unprocessed food that is rich in essential nutrients for the body, whilst satisfying hunger and providing long-lasting energy. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are the most common examples of healthy food. Junk food, on the other hand, is typically packaged food that requires minimum preparation with the addition of additives and containing little to no nutritional value. The most recognized examples of junk food are fast food restaurant
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Junk food is accessible everywhere we go such as grocery stores, shopping malls, food trucks, and schools. Marketing also helps to promote the consumption of junk food by using advertisements such as TV commercials, billboards, newspapers, and magazines. People are more likely to choose food that is easily obtainable. For instance, when someone is hungry, fast food is first to come to mind since it is fast and easily found everywhere. Junk food’s prevalence has increased it popularity significantly. The more popular something is, the more people interested people will be. Marketers use propaganda to sell junk food to consumers by making it appear eye-catching and appealing. One of the main reasons for obesity among students is a widespread of junk food in school cafeterias and vending machines. Students usually do not prepare their own lunches for school and depend on school cafeterias, which mainly serve large portions of fatty processed foods. Many schools do not consider nutritional value of the food they serve in cafeterias and do not take into consideration of their students. Common foods served in U.S. high schools are calorie-dense, nutrition deficient foods. Sausage egg, pancakes, donuts, and muffins are served for breakfast, while pizza, and fried food is served for lunch
Junk food is accessible everywhere we go such as grocery stores, shopping malls, food trucks, and schools. Marketing also helps to promote the consumption of junk food by using advertisements such as TV commercials, billboards, newspapers, and magazines. People are more likely to choose food that is easily obtainable. For instance, when someone is hungry, fast food is first to come to mind since it is fast and easily found everywhere. Junk food’s prevalence has increased it popularity significantly. The more popular something is, the more people interested people will be. Marketers use propaganda to sell junk food to consumers by making it appear eye-catching and appealing. One of the main reasons for obesity among students is a widespread of junk food in school cafeterias and vending machines. Students usually do not prepare their own lunches for school and depend on school cafeterias, which mainly serve large portions of fatty processed foods. Many schools do not consider nutritional value of the food they serve in cafeterias and do not take into consideration of their students. Common foods served in U.S. high schools are calorie-dense, nutrition deficient foods. Sausage egg, pancakes, donuts, and muffins are served for breakfast, while pizza, and fried food is served for lunch