Unhealthfulness (Noun)
Meaning
The quality of promoting poor health.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The restaurant's emphasis on fried foods and high-sugar desserts contributed to its unhealthfulness and low nutritional value.
- Smoking has long been recognized as a leading cause of unhealthfulness worldwide due to its carcinogenic effects.
- Living in a city with severe air pollution is known to contribute to unhealthfulness due to increased particulate matter and poor respiratory health.
- Processed foods, due to their high salt and sugar content, often display marked unhealthfulness in people who consume them excessively.
- Medical researchers attribute part of the population's growing unhealthfulness to excessive sugar consumption in various everyday food items.