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noun

food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.

anything that is attractive and diverting but of negligible substance: the junk food offered by daytime television.

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Origin:
1970–75, Americanism

Related forms

junk-food, adjective

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World English Dictionary

junk food

—n
	food that is low in nutritional value, often highly processed or ready-prepared, and eaten instead of or in addition to well-balanced meals

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Medical Dictionary

junk food n.
Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary

junk food definition

n.
food that is typically high in fats and salt and low in nutritional value; food from a fast-food restaurant. : Junk food tastes good no matter how greasy it is.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

junk food

Prepackaged snack food that is high in calories but low in nutritional value; also, anything attractive but negligible in value. For example, Nell loves potato chips and other junk food, or When I'm sick in bed I often resort to TV soap operas and similar junk food. [c. 1970]

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"As a mother I am often confused about how to help my children make wise decisions for themselves. One day I extol the virtues of a free and open education and the next I tell them they can't watch TV until they finish their homework. One day I tell them to eat what they like, their bodies know intuitively what they need; and the next I say, "Okay, that's it—no more junk food in this house!" I flounder like this because I have no training and very little support for this work and there are days when I'm the one who needs the parenting, even more than they do."

-Martha Boesing

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