Healthy Eating
Junk Food and the Related Health Risks
There are many potential health problems associated with a diet that is high in junk foods. The most common one is obesity.
In today's environment where children get less exercise than ever because they are driven to school, where we are so rushed that we seldom have time to walk to work, it is easy enough anyway to consume more calories per day than your body needs. If you add junk food to the equation, it is almost a certainty that you will consume more calories in a day than your body can burn.
Obesity can be a serious health risk leading to Type 2 Diabetes and heart and circulatory diseases. Risks from too many fizzy drinks, as well as obesity from the calories, include osteoporosis.
The risks associated with vitamin deficiencies and malnutrition are simply too numerous to name.