Super size me is a documentary by Independent film director Morgan Spurlock. The gist of the film is to show the viewers how eating fast food specifically mcdonald’s is bad for you. Spurlock goes on a 30 day mcdonald’s diet to show how it’s a leading cause of obesity in this country‚ each time he goes to mcdonalds and is offered a super size he has to accept the offer hence the name of the documentary. By the end of the documentary he gained 25 pounds and a lot of health problems. So this is the
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Disturbing Facts about Mcdonald’s” 68 million people eat McDonalds daily. However‚ what effect does this food have on your health? Morgan Spurlock pondered the same question and went on a strict one month diet of eating nothing but McDonalds. In Super Size Me‚ Spurlock eats Mcdonald’s with the intention to show how it affects people’s health. As he is doing his month of experimental diet he shows how the food affects not only him‚ but also how the food affects all people. Through the multiple interviews
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31‚ August 2010 Health 10 pm Box 32 Movie Review “Super Size Me” Information and issues I have become aware of: The movie “Super Size Me” is a great film that exposes the danger of fast food consumption as a steady diet‚ particularly McDonalds food in this case. I have grown up loving McDonalds food. Eating out there wasn’t something that my family did on a regular basis but when we did it was a special treat. Apple Pies‚ Cheeseburgers‚ French Fries‚ those were my favorites. I never
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Is Super Size Me convincing? Super Size Me is unarguably a convincing bit of work. In no way can the data be argued as flawed or skewed. The methodology was simple and straightforward – eat nothing but McDonald’s food for every meal for an entire month – if it is not on the menu‚ it is not on the diet. I was amazed by how quickly Spurlock’s body started to respond to the vile poison he was pumping into his system. In just thirty days Spurlock gained over twenty pounds! Nearly a pound per day
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Super-size you Morgan Spurlock sacrifices himself by only eating food from Mc Donald’s for 30 days. If a saleswoman asks him to buy supersize he may not refuse. He also limits himself to walk 5000 steps a day. With this documantery he wants to experience the daily-life of an obese American and to examine the big influence of the fast-food industries. In contrast to the 100 million obese Americans‚ Morgan is surrounded by three medics who help him during this research. After 30 days the result
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particular view or opinion. It is important when creating a documentary that all opinions and views are recognised and explored in the film and that it doesn’t focus entirely on one side of the story. An example of a documentary that is biased is Super Size Me‚ directed by Morgan Spurlock. The documentary primarily focuses on the detrimental effects of fast food and it does not mention any positive effects it could have. The documentary shows Spurlock living off McDonald’s food for 30 days in order to
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In 2004 I watched a documentary film that now has made me think twice about eating fast food. Morgan Spurlock had an epiphany one night while hearing about 2 young girls suing McDonalds for their health problems. He then decided to make a documentary on just how unhealthy McDonalds (fast food) is bad for you. I learned the ongoing and fast rate obesity is growing. Diabetes are also playing a key role as well as psychological changes and side affects that can happen. In the documentary Spurlock
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McDonald and the Wendy’s girl were. While it may be extreme to say companies control us Super Size Me proves that this may not be far off. Super Size Me not only gives people an excellent reason to shy away from fast food‚ but it also leads an attack on big corporate businesses that successfully control people through advertising and monopolies. In many of the interviews that separate scenes in Super Size Me we meet corporate leaders that try their absolute best to willfully ignore and lie their
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“Super Size Me” My perception of the importance of having a healthy diet and an active life Style after watching the documentary has change greatly. One would say that eating “fast food” a couple of times during a week or during a month cannot cause much damage to someone’s health‚ but in view of how Director Morgan Spurlock’s health went through significant changes with possibilities of developing serious health issues or having aftereffects that would not disappear even when returning to his normal
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Consumer Protection Paper – Super Size Me Based on our group discussion‚ we came into a conclusion that Consumer Protection are made to ensure fair transactions and along with that are truthful information’s in the marketplace. This is advantageous especially consumers‚ so that they would not fall into the traps of businesses that will not do them any good. This is also to save them from businesses that are engaged in fraud or any unfair practices that the company does. The four basic rights
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