Super Credit Move Review
Chris Dickson
ANTH 235 – Anthropology of Food
Professor Neitzel
April 6, 2009
Super Size Me Extra Credit Move Review
According to the statistics on obesity in America, at least 68% of Americans are overweight. Of these people, at least 2-3% are considered morbidly obese and require surgery for their survival. In today’s American society, obesity has become far too commonplace and has eclipsed many other factors contributing to health complications and even death. There exist many theories to explain why obesity has become such a problem in the United States, including advances in technology and video games, television and movies, genes, and the integration of fast food restaurants into modern culture; which is often cited as being the most relevant and important.
There are now more 31,000 McDonald’s Restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.5 million people. What started as Ray Kroc’s ambitious dream has become one of the most successful corporations in the world and has also become one of the most recognizable, with its towering golden arches and a …show more content…
Most obvious is that Fast Food Nation tends to focus more on the corporate structure of fast food restaurants that has allowed for optimal profits, customer satisfaction with taste, and service. It shows how the company was started and succeeded in expanding throughout the nation and even world. On the other hand, SuperSize Me tends to focus less on the corporate side of fast food restaurants but rather on the health impacts eating fast food has had on the health of one person, Morgan Spurlock. It also only shows the health impacts of eating McDonald’s; it does not delve into other fast food restaurants like Fast Food Nation does. SuperSize Me was meant to be more of a documentary to explain the growing obesity trends in America and show that eating fast food was a serious detriment to your
ANTH 235 – Anthropology of Food
Professor Neitzel
April 6, 2009
Super Size Me Extra Credit Move Review
According to the statistics on obesity in America, at least 68% of Americans are overweight. Of these people, at least 2-3% are considered morbidly obese and require surgery for their survival. In today’s American society, obesity has become far too commonplace and has eclipsed many other factors contributing to health complications and even death. There exist many theories to explain why obesity has become such a problem in the United States, including advances in technology and video games, television and movies, genes, and the integration of fast food restaurants into modern culture; which is often cited as being the most relevant and important.
There are now more 31,000 McDonald’s Restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.5 million people. What started as Ray Kroc’s ambitious dream has become one of the most successful corporations in the world and has also become one of the most recognizable, with its towering golden arches and a …show more content…
Most obvious is that Fast Food Nation tends to focus more on the corporate structure of fast food restaurants that has allowed for optimal profits, customer satisfaction with taste, and service. It shows how the company was started and succeeded in expanding throughout the nation and even world. On the other hand, SuperSize Me tends to focus less on the corporate side of fast food restaurants but rather on the health impacts eating fast food has had on the health of one person, Morgan Spurlock. It also only shows the health impacts of eating McDonald’s; it does not delve into other fast food restaurants like Fast Food Nation does. SuperSize Me was meant to be more of a documentary to explain the growing obesity trends in America and show that eating fast food was a serious detriment to your