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Cheetos, chips and chocolate: Why do we hate to love junk food?
What’s your favourite snack?
Is it gummy worms? Maybe a bag of salt and vinegar chips? Or how about a bowl of your favourite ice cream?
In Canada, we are a nation of snackers. Surveys show about 80% of us have at least one snack a day.
But our relationship with snack foods is a complicated one.
We often feel guilty when we snack. And we even refer to junk food as a “guilty pleasure.”
But why all the guilt? Aside from the health implications, why is there such a strong stigma around snack foods? And who gets to decide what is a snack or junk food?
Historian Janis Thiessen has a fascinating…
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