For many of us, they were predictions of a future in which junk food would rule over us all and we would just be its bidding-doing serfs. People speak jokingly about being “addicted” to junk food, but that comparison might be more accurate than previously thought. Junk foods tend to be associated with some of the most relaxed and celebratory times of our lives, Vickers said. It’s easier to pick up a convenient, always “fresh”(ish) package of junk food instead of a fussy bunch of produce that demands, “Wash me! Look at what an actual serving size is on a package of junk food.

Source: Huffington Post March 06, 2019 10:41 UTC