Junk food Throughout the last 20 years it has been a fact that junk food has expanded over many countries which can boast of having a traditional and renowned cuisine. But what are the key factors that make this food be so popular? I see the point that it is cheap, it doesn’t take us much time to prepare it, and taking into account that we live in a hectic society, you may accept that the faster you eat, the better, as long as you consider that eating is a waste of time. However, nutritionists and researchers have pointed out the rate of obesity of some countries have gone up dramatically among young people, and it has been proved it is linked with the consume of junk food, needless to say, obesity will take its toll because it is common knowledge that it is one cause of heart attacks, high blood pressure, stroke, etc… Obviously, in terms of health, there isn’t any advantage of eating junk food because it is full of chemical products which make it be tasteful, up to the point that youngsters and kids might be hook on it, therefore we’d better get used to eating homemade meals and going to Mc Donalds once in a blue moon.