A woman says she's trying to do the right thing by refusing to buy any junk food for her family. But it's causing problems among the five children at home. A nutritionist weighed in.

Junk food purchases not only brought smiles to kids’ faces, but also gave parents something equally vital: a sense of worth and competence as parents in an environment where those feelings were ...

As much as 13.8% of children’s daily calorie intake between 2015 to 2018 came from meals like burgers, fries, chicken nuggets and other fast food items – that's up from 12.4% between 2011 and ...

Let’s celebrate junk food, which is to say, let’s celebrate our wildest and truest desires. —Karen Yuan, lifestyle editor. Illustration by Zak Tebbal. There’s No Such Thing as “Junk” Food.

A client recently asked me, “How often can I get away with eating junk food?” She knows that my nutrition philosophy is the “80:20 rule”: Eat healthy foods as often as possible (at least ...

This is the most popular junk food in every state. America is known for food that is fast, fun, and fried. While traditional junk foods aren’t exactly a cornerstone of a healthy diet, enjoying ...

Junk food companies spent billions of advertising dollars in 2017 targeting black and Hispanic kids, a new study has revealed. Television ads for fast food, sugary drinks and fatty or salty snacks … ...

Junk food—a term that typically describes sweet or salty snacks and desserts with low nutritional value—makes up 15% of all calories consumed in the United States.

A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst obesity and diabetes epidemics.