unhealthy food

collocation in English

meaningsofunhealthyandfood

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unhealthy
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈhel.θi/us
/ʌnˈhel.θi/
not good for ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofunhealthyandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunhealthy food

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Given the huge impact of advertising ofunhealthyfoodon children's menu choices, advertising directed at this target group should be restricted.
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It is probably the mostunhealthyfoodthat is marketed in the country.
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I would particularly like to see that principle applied to advertising that encourages children to consumeunhealthyfood.
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The reverse is also true, that an unhealthy soil meansunhealthyfoodand badly nourished people.
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Unhealthy animals meanunhealthyfoodand unhealthy human beings.
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To make matters worse, their 80 hours' work a week is aggravated by unappetising andunhealthyfood.
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The procedures must protect consumers from the danger ofunhealthyfoodand from being misled.
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Manufacturers ofunhealthyfoodshould be banned from having any involvement with schools.
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We would like them to realise the harm caused byunhealthyfoodproducts and the resulting costs that society has to bear.
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Poor families go hungry because they cannot afford food, or they are forced to buyunhealthyfoodthat gives them more calories for their money.
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In the case of children, the main products areunhealthyfood, fashionware and entertainment goods.
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Teens see more than 16unhealthyfoodcommercials a day (5,900 in a year).
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This goal also aims to reduce the marketing ofunhealthyfoodto children.
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These food habits are reinforced by junk food advertisements and the availability ofunhealthyfoodat supermarkets.
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We would like them not only to stop advertising unhealthy foods, but also to produce more healthy food products.
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There is wide public support for restricting advertising for unhealthy foods.
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Schools, for example, should not find themselves in the position where they have to consider the option of housing advertising of unhealthy foods on their premises.
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At the start of the 2006-2007 school year, soda and other unhealthy foods became prohibited from being sold during school hours.
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Also, advertising of certain products is restricted (e.g. alcohol, unhealthy foods) or banned (e.g. tobacco).
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