What criteria is used to distinguish between an empty-calorie food and a junk food?
A) Empty-calorie foods have a high sugar and/or fat-to-vitamin ratio.
B) Empty-calorie foods have a low sugar and/or fat-to-vitamin ratio.
C) Empty-calorie foods have no calories in them at all.
D) Empty-calorie foods are made completely from artificial ingredients.
E) Junk foods have a higher vitamins-to-sugar ratio than empty-calorie foods.

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Empty-calorie foods are characterized by having a high sugar and/or fat content with little to no vitamins or minerals, making them high in calories but low in nutritional value.

What Criteria Is Used to Distinguish Between an Empty-Calorie Food