Super Size Me: Why Do We Eat Fast Food?

Fast food is unhealthy and does not provide the necessary nutrients needed for a daily diet, however Mcdonald's, a fast food empire claimed in a 2004 lawsuit against them that fast food can be a part of a healthy diet. The court ruled that the plaintiffs would have a serious claim if they could prove that eating fast food for every meal is dangerous for the person and their health. Morgan Spurlock, writer, director, producer, and star of 2004 documentary Supersize Me set out to prove that fast food is dangerous for a person's health. The documentary follows Morgan on his 30 day challenge of only eating fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Through Morgan's challenge his weight skyrockets, his health declines and feels terrible all the time. Many people believe that fast food companies are to blame for America's obesity but the individual must take responsibility for what they put into their bodies instead of blaming fast food companies for their unhealthy eating habits .The documentary explores the idea that people should avoid eating fast food because Fast food, although more convenient and easier is worse for you than making your own meals. Fast food leads to many health risks and is not a good substitution for traditional meals. People should avoid eating

Contrary to the popular belief of the time, Morgan Spurlock’s amateur documentary “Supersize Me” pushed reform in both fast food culture, and eating habits of citizens, being one of the first catalysts in a new movement in America. This 2004 film, being the first of his works to establish Spurlock as a filmmaker, focuses on Spurlock’s 30 day journey in which he vowed to eat solely McDonalds for three meals a day, and track his overall mental, physical, and social changes over this span of time. Throughout the film, Spurlock consults three doctors (a gastroenterologist, a cardiologist, and a general practitioner) as well as a nutritionist to monitor physical change and gather quantitative data supporting his claim. The film often exhibited

The viewers were able to witness the pain that he was going through and the emotional toll the challenge had on him. Spurlock told Newsweek when the film was released, “My body just basically falls apart over the course of this diet.” (Lambert, 2004). It was also effectively shown in the documentary how Spurlock’s relationship and sexual intimacy with his girlfriend was affected by the challenge, so again, the viewers were able to feel the emotion that he was feeling. As if these were not enough, the documentary also showed how being overweight can have such a big impact on people’s lives as there are around 400,000 deaths associated with obesity illnesses annually (Spurlock, 2004). Spurlock was effective in appealing to viewers when he stated that diabetes is now more common in children every year as a result of fast food and the numbers will just keep rising if nothing is done to stop

Fast food eateries are one of the main, if not the primary, reason behind obesity in the United States. Fast food, what many people for the most part view as a speedy approach to get some nourishment, is really killing a large number of individuals than you may suspect. In this current time, nearly everybody realizes that fast food isn 't especially the best thing for you to eat, yet that won 't verge on preventing us from eating it. Diverse things play a component with respect to why we as a whole eat fast food. It could be a money related circumstance, a little or extensive depending on the oily stuff, or only a requirement for snappy sustenance.

Supersize Me is a documentary about a guy named Morgan who went on a 30 day high fat diet. He wanted to see the effects of fast food would have on a person’s health. But little did he or the doctors know the repercussions and the damage of this experiment would do to one’s body. 60% of all US adults are overweight or obsess. America is the fattest nation in the world could fast food be to cause of this, this is what Morgan set out to find out.

In the documentary, Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock takes a big risk and sets out on what he calls “every eight-year-old’s dream.” He undergoes a month long, three-meal-a-day binge at McDonald’s to expose the tragic health effects. In one month he eats the same amount of McDonald’s food that nutritionists recommend eating over the course of eight years and gains nearly twenty-five pounds in the process, along with numerous health problems. I was shocked to see how quickly his health began to decline a week into the experiment, not only physically but emotionally as well. The more he ate the fast food, the more his body craved it. I think Morgan took a big risk jeopardizing his own health, but I think he really proved a point of the negative impact

With 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. Taking a social experiment in fast-food Morgan Spurlock sees himself in attempting to endure uniquely foods from the fast food chain known as McDonald’s. In the process he has to eat three meals a day from McDonald’s (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for thirty days. Thought the process Spurlock health starts to react to the terrifying side effects. In Super-Size Me film maker and producer Morgan Spurlock wants to reach young people and its contribution to America`s

In 2002 in New York, two teenage girls sued McDonald’s for knowingly selling them unhealthy food that ultimately caused their obesity. One of the girls was 14 years old, four feet, ten inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. The other girl was 19 years old, five feet, five inches tall, and weighed 264 pounds. Several courts stated that the claimants would have a case if they could prove that eating McDonald’s food every day is dangerous to the human body. In response to these claims, director and filmmaker Morgan Spurlock created a documentary called Super-Size Me. Using his own body, he conducted an experiment to discover just how dangerous eating McDonald’s food can be to the average person’s

I agree with Jasmine about the film Super Size Me and it’s explorative position of Morgan’s documentary film. It is a truly a realistic film that will help viewers see what McDonalds and bad food choices will do to our bodies. Morgan showed the audience every step he had taken to make us see how bad McDonalds is for us and how obesity is one of the biggest problem in not only America, but all over the world. Morgan not only gave us the facts, but he gave us the results of his visit with the doctors before and after. Not once did he try to make us believe his views, instead he made us decide for ourselves by really watching the outcome of his 30 day McDonalds experiment. As much as the doctors tried to stop Morgan from continuing his experiment

Director, Morgan Spurlock, of the documentary “Super-Size me” embarks on a 30-day Mc diet during which he can only eat or drink anything that is on McDonald’s menu; he must eat three meals a day, consume everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. The director discloses the terrifying ‘truth’ behind the fast food companies like Mac Donald’s. That terrifying truth is that too much consumption of fast food from any retailer particularly, MacDonald’s, on a daily basis means putting your life on the line.

People might say that fast food is cheaper than healthy foods. Fast food satisfies my stomach. Fast food is easier to get. Fast food restaurants are closer to my home and main reason why people like fast food restaurants is the drive-thru. People are ignoring that the effects of fast food will cost them their entire life.

The movie/documentary Super Size Me is based on Morgan Spurlock, an independent film director, who ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days straight. In those 30 days Morgan Spurlock the director of the film suffered both physically and mentally; his liver, psychological state and mood were severely affected. In those 30 days, with three meals a day, the amount of fast food food that he had eaten was equivalent to the amount of fast food a majority of nutritionists say you should eat in eight years. Many Americans have tried to sue a variety of fast food chains. They say that it was the restaurants fault that they became fat or obese; which in part may be true, but the fast food corporations claim that it is common knowledge that fast food is unhealthy for you.

SuperSize Me is a documentary that was filmed in 2004 by Morgan Spurlock that explore the influence of fast food industry within our society. It mainly focuses on the king of fast food, McDonalds, in an effort to argue that people are faced with many weight issues due to the huge food corporations that is founded around us. This documentary was filmed to target adults to change their mind and help them to make a clearer decision on whether they should continue to eat fast food or not. The purpose of my poster is to promote a different/alternative view on the issue that was explored in SuperSize Me. The main idea that explored in my poster is that being overweight or having weight issues is acceptable.

Per the CDC, from 1998 to 2003 the prevalence of obesity increased from 13.05% to 15.21%, and the prevalence of extreme obesity increased from 1.75% to 2.22%. It was in 2003 that Morgan Spurlock first took note of the ever-growing epidemic in America and set out to prove that the root because of it was the fast food industry. After the film’s release on January 17th, 2004 (imdb.com), a new trend began. The CDC states that from 2003 through 2010 the prevalence of obesity decreased slightly from 15.21% to 14.94%. Similarly, the prevalence of extreme obesity decreased from 2.22% to 2.07%. It was following the aftermath of the release of Super-Size Me that fast food corporations such as McDonald’s started adding healthier menu items, an interesting

Nowadays, most people -especially kids and young people- prefer to eat fast food, such as hamburgers, pizza, fried food, etc. Why it has become so popular? It tastes better than homemade food? We do not believe it is only the taste the reason of the popularity of fast food. There are several reasons why fast food had become popular over the years. It is popular because it is cheap, quick and convenient to those who have a busy modern life.