Read some interesting facts about junk food.
• Junk food is not only the fast food and beverages that you can get at fast food restaurants.
• Junk food includes all the foods that have little nutritional value, for example, cakes, salty and sugary snacks and soft drinks.
• A lot of fast food is fried and frying destroys most nutrients that the food had before cooking.
• Even cereals which are considered to be healthy for breakfast fall into the category of fast food items when coated with sugar.
• Most carbonated beverages or soft drinks contain a large amount of sugar. There are ten teaspoons of sugar in a can of cola.
• Most popular fast foods include burgers, fries and pizzas.
• McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut are the three most known fast food chains where fast food is sold.
• There are McDonald’s restaurants in more than 100 countries around the world and they serve over 40 million customers every day.
• American consumers waste over $100 billion on fast food every year.