Friday, November 29, 2019

Super Size Me (2004)


Super Size Me is a documentary film in which Morgan Spurlock attempts to mimic a certain diet of Americans.  Inspired by the then lawsuit against fast food companies as the cause for two obese teenagers, Morgan eats exclusively at McDonald's for 30 days, and only takes around 5000 steps a day.  While he does have some ground rules, one of the obvious questionable decisions is not limiting his portions but instead, he will accept upsizes when asked and finishes all the food when he is full to the point of being sick.  Naturally, due to his low exercise and huge intake of food, it has adverse affects on his body.  The documentary speaks to various health practitioners as well as interviewing random people to demonstrate how much influence that fast food companies has.  Super Size Me is interesting and at times, it makes you think much more deeply at the effects that over consumption of this kind of food can have with your body.
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