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A balanced diet should contain carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water and roughage in adequate amounts. Junk food is an informal term applied to some foods which are perceived to have little or no nutritional value, or to products with nutritional value but which also have ingredients considered unhealthy when regularly eaten or those considered unhealthy to consume at all. It includes food that are high in salt, sugar, fat or calories and low in nutrient content. 

(i) What is malnutrition ? 

(ii) Evaluate the relationship between'Junk food and Health'.

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(i) Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not enough or are too much, it may either be called undernutrition or overnutrition.

(ii) Relationship between Junk food and health is antagonistic. 

(a) Junk food does not provide proper nutrition. 

(b) Eating more junk food can lead to obesity. 

(c) This may eventually lead to heart disease.

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