1. Junk food is a term describing food that is perceived to be unhealthy or having poornutritional value, according to Food Standard Agency. The term is believed to have beencoined by Michael Jacobson, Director of the Centre for Science in the public interest, in1972. The term has since become common usage.2. Junk food typically contains high level of fat, salt or sugar and numerous foodadditives such as monosodium glutamate and tartrazine; at the same time it is lacking inproteins, vitamins and fibre, among others, among others. It is popular with suppliersbecause it is relatively cheap to manufacture, has a long shelf life and may not requirerefrigeration. It is popular with and has lots of consumers because it is easy to purchase,requires little or no preparation, convenient to consume and lots of flowers. Consumptionof junk food is associated with obesity, heart disease, Type 2 Diabetes and dental cavities.There is also concern about the targeting of the marketing at children.3. What constitutes a junk food may be confusing and according to critics, includeselements of class snobbery and moral judgment. For example, fast food such ashamburgers and French fries supplied by companies such as Mcdonald’s , KFC and PizzaHut are often perceived as junk foods whereas same meals supplied by more up-marketoutlets such as Pizza Express or Nando’s are not despite often having the same or worsenutritional content. Other food such as Foie Gras, roast potatoes and bread are notconsidered junk food despite having limited nutritional content. Similarly, breakfastcereals are often regarded as healthy but may have high level of sugar, salt and fat. Manycritics believe that junk food is not harmful when consumed as part of balanced diet andsome believe that the term should not be used at all.4. Should a child start consuming junk foods exclusively, as opposed to having abalanced diet, their intake of high-protein-vitamins-roughage diet would substantiallydecrease and intake of milk and healthy fruit juices would likely to be replaced by softdrinks? This would potentially lead to a deficiency of calcium, milk being a rich source ofcalcium, resulting in weakening bones. Some type of chips that are said to be “junkfoods” may actually be.