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When the snack products and convenience foods now popularly
termed "junk food" began to crackle and crunch their way off
production lines in the 1950s, it seemed like a liberating trend, a
response to the nation's increasing affluence and decreasing time
for food preparation. The appeal of junk food can be summarized in
four words: cheap, quick, easy, and fun. Unfortunately, the rapid
increase of fun foods in the American diet has also had a depressing
effect on our nutritional health.
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