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Exploring the reasons of why we gain weight and how to lose it, the movie Fed Up tells us a secret about the American food industry. More people get sick from eating unhealthy things than we ever imagined. Twelve year olds are slowly dying from eating habits more often seen at an older age. Fed Up shows us how the American food industry cover up faults in the food industry. Between balancing agriculture and a healthy diet, we are more often than not eating things deadly to our body. When society asks for less fat, asre they really getting less? No. when the fat goes down, something must go up to keep the taste. Sugar is constantly used to replace fat. But the thing is, in your body sugar is turned into fat. Either way you consume the same or more fat.
I agree with this movie. I don't think it is wrong
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They say one thing and do another. And it's more than just the government. I feel uncomfortable when doctors offices sign with someone they remind you is bad for you. How is the way the help us gunna change? Are they gunna tell us to switch out our apple for a coke?
If im being honest, this movie doesn't change anything at all. Im still gonna eat my mac’n’cheese like nobody's watching. maybe, just maybe I will eat healthier. I think I eat pretty good and I work out a lot anyway so I don't feel a change in diet is necessary to me. There are things I could change if I wanted to but I don't think I could ever give up that mac’n’cheese. It is just too amazing. It is so creamy and warm and cheesy and heavenly. All in all it's just freaking amazing and I could eat it all the time. But I won't cause that would be unhealthy.
I really did enjoy watching this movie, in fact I went home and watched it again. I think the movie had a lot of good points. I would watch it again. I liked the way they uncovered a lot of the American food industry secrets. There are many things wrong going on and I think they need to be brought to

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