Analysis Of Super Size Me

Super Size Me opens up by introducing to several statistics about America, obesity, and the link between fast food chains. This gives the viewer an idea of how things have shifted in the past few decades from a healthier way of life, cooking at home with the family to how families are today. Especially in America with more people eating out more and sometimes multiple times a week. Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker of the documentary, being of excitant health for his age decides to do an experiment. The experiment consists of going from a healthy, low-carb diet to putting himself in the position of eating McDonald’s three times a day for thirty days straight. Within the first ten minutes, the view sees Spurlock put through a series of tests.
Within only one week Spurlock gains 5% of his body weight, which was about 10 pounds. This brought his body weight from 185 to 195 in a matter of seven days. This alarmed the nutritionist and she tried to limit his diet even more, but for sake of the experiment Spurlock could only do so much. Later in the experiment the food begins to effect Spurlock’s mood and energy. It’s stated that he felt drained and was exhausted after work, unlike normal. Spurlock stated that he began to feel depressed until he was eating again showing that he was becoming addicted to the unhealthy, greasy food he was consuming. Upon the end of the experiment, Spurlock’s cholesterol went up sixty-five points, his body fat went up seven percent, and he gained twenty-four and a half pounds. Spurlock put both his heart and his liver in danger during the course of this experiment, but he was able to reverse the damage in eight weeks on a strict
The first two are of very unhealthy lunches being mostly of soda, snack cakes, and fries. Spurlock went further into the cafeteria to show that only six meals for that month were to be homemade. The other meals were meals that were precooked and prepackaged just to be warmed up and served to the students. The last example school was one of an alternative school, their school used mostly vegetables and fruits for their lunches. Spurlock states that all of the schools were spending the same amount of money, but why would one school be eating so much better that the other two. The finger get pointed at the soft drink and snack cake companies. The companies pay to contribute to the schools lunches however it only consists of junk food. The question remains why can’t all schools get healthy lunches like the third school, but still get the added benefit of getting an occasional diet soft drink or low calorie