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junk food

 
 
noun [U]

Definition

food that is considered unhealthy: On a daily basis, the average child in America is exposed to dozens of television advertisements for junk food. junk food ads/commercials
(Definition of junk food noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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