Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald’s Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such‚ documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald’s for thirty days‚ three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal
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his girlfriend. A reason why Americans consume junk food constantly is due to economic reasons: it is cheap and fast and there isn’t a big price difference between the large and supersize meals. You pay a little bit more for a bigger proportion. This definitely leads to obesity. Still nowadays they stopped offering supersize portions. In addition‚ Spurlock stresses on how Macdonald’s has a great impact on the children; targeting them with ads before they realize how harmful the food is‚ and attracting
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Not to mention obesity lawsuits that claims fast food is not nutritious and has contributed to America’s weight problem. McDonald’s was also the target of the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me‚" which focused on the health decline of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock during an all-McDonald’s diet. The movie‚ "Supersize Me" is about a man’s mission to eat every meal at McDonalds for thirty days. Keep in mind that the average customer would take over six years to eat the same amount of food. Filmmaker Morgan
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Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me explores the concept of obesity-by-fast-food among Americans. He also argues that it is the responsibility of the consumers to resist the addictive‚ available fast food we are trained as children to love. There are a few definitions to consider. In the film‚ fast food is considered any food that is ordered at a counter and served within minutes of the order. There are commonly accepted examples of fast food: Wendy‚ Burger King‚ KFC‚ Popeye’s Chicken‚ and of course
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young age. This sentiment is expressed in the Los Angeles Times article‚ “ Too Much of a Good Thing”‚ by Greg Critser. Critser is the author of Supersize‚ a book which adresses the alarming growth in obestity. According to Critser‚ childhood obesity in developed countries is becoming the premier topic of discussion amongst Untied Nations health and nutrition analysts. Critser states that the obestiy rates have been growing at an unpreccendeted rate in first world nations. For example
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us. They contain chemicals that we can’t even pronounce‚ and they can lead to many problems. The unhealthy dietary habits that are very common today can heavily effect our bodies in a negative way. Many of us can recall the documentary Super-Size Me‚ in which Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days. By the end of his “diet” his cholesterol levels shot up‚ he doubled his risk for coronary heart disease‚ and almost caused permanent damage to his liver. He had to stop on day 21 because
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McDonalds for 30 days straight. Every meal‚ breakfast‚ lunch‚ and dinner‚ he was not allowed to eat or drink anything that was NOT from McDonalds. He has to eat everything on the menu at least once. And‚ on top of all that‚ if they asked him to supersize it‚ he had to do it! His journey has begun. Morgan weighed 185 pounds at the beginning of his journey. His girlfriend is a vegan chef‚ which is someone who does not eat meat‚ fish‚ dairy products‚ or eggs. She completely disagrees with the choice
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Moore 1 Moore Mr.--------- English 1101 20 June 2013 The Obvious Effects of Fast Food Morgan Spurlock felt a need to raise awareness on obesity and the effects of fast food. In his film Supersize Me‚ he ate only food from McDonald ’s three times a day every day for a month. He consumed nearly twice the recommended amount of calories per day. Throughout the experiment‚ he experienced transient depression‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and in one instance a series of heart palpitations. At the end of
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Are fast food restaurants the ones to blame for America being the fattest nation in the world? Independent filmmaker Morgan Spurlock decided to make his own documentary to finally find out this exact question. Does fast food really cause us to be fat? Morgan Spurlock is a regular a middle age healthy guy with no health issues at the time of filming. During his time documenting he has consulted with three doctors to help with his journey. A general practitioner‚ a gastroenterologist and a cardiologist
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react in a desired manner. This can be seen in the documentary‚ ‘Supersize Me’ by Morgan Spurlock and ‘Great White – Deep Trouble’ showcasing Peter Benchley‚ David Doubilet and Rodney Fox. Both producers desire to position the audience towards their discourse through their documentary. They accomplish this by presenting snippets of films‚ opinions and facts that agree with their discourse and disposing of the rest. ‘Super Size Me’‚ written‚ produced‚ directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock
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