0 energy from food containing no nutrients (= substances that keep you healthy)
Added sugars have no nutritional value, only adding empty calories.
Foods containing empty calories typically contain processed carbohydrates and ethanol (alcohol), and to some extent fats.
Rocco explains how people can eat what they love but still be healthier by cutting out processed ingredients, bad fats and empty calories.
They're friendly for pick-up-and-play gameplay, but are mostly just empty calories.
Sedentary individuals and those eating less to lose weight may suffer malnutrition if they eat food supplying empty calories but not enough nutrients.
However, the modern, fast-paced, technology-driven world is characterized by a diet of overprocessed fast food and empty calories in conjunction with excess stress and inadequate outdoor physical activity.