Author here. It goes without saying, doesn't it? It's literally called "junk food."

You can get information about why it's bad for you from a million sources (the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which I briefly mention in the piece, is a good starting point), but information about how it came to be? Now that requires a little digging.

You need to be told that deep-fried (or even baked) carbohydrates covered in trans-fats && heavily salted artificially-flavored mock-cheese powder are unhealthy?

As a general rule, avoid eating anything that is Trump-colored.