Unlearning unhealthy eating can be a very long and arduous process.
This is often why kids in particular absolutely love it, as our brains love sugar and salt.
These items are also aggressively marketed to all demographics and are often cheap and easy to acquire.
As with so many things in life, junk food is ok in moderation.
The fact that this mom has already had multiple heart attacks is pretty solid evidence of this issue.
So from that perspective, the parent in this story is perhaps justified in being very anti junk food.
Binge eating is one side of the spectrum, but being too cautious about calories also can create issues.
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