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by BadHumans 813 days ago
Junk food is very similar to social media in that they are made specifically to be addictive. Sugar, fat, and salt are not bad things but junk food is formulated to hit all of those notes just right and be highly palatable. They are also usually high calorie which is something we crave from times when food was scarce. This doesn't even scratch all of the psychology that goes into making snack foods.