There are other factors that draw us to these junk food such as food addiction that we can compare even with cigarette and drugs addiction, food temptation, overeating, reaction to stress, using food as a method of socialising or overcoming the boredom and so on. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
Several foods have addictive components and if you find yourself addicted to junk food that has a lot of sugar, for example, chances are that you are addicted to the sugar.
World Health Organisation lists 65 diseases that are directly linked to obesity. There is ischemic heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, diabetes, infertility, reduced sexual activity, swollen legs and some forms of cancer to mention just a few of them.
There are other factors that draw us to these junk food such as food addiction that we can compare even with cigarette and drugs addiction, food temptation, overeating, reaction to stress, using food as a method of socialising or overcoming the boredom and so on.
But is it that easy to just decide that you will not eat junk again after reading about the effects that they can have on you?
Dr Shchukin recognises that there are a lot of other factors affecting our decision to consume or not consume junk, and that is why getting any solution requires much more than just average effort.
