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Super Size Me (2004)

Rate: 8
Viewed: 10/04, 6/05

SuperSize
6/05: Yep, there are millions of obese people all over the United States.

The rate is around 60 percent. It wasn't like that a decade ago and certainly not twenty years ago, either. The sight of an obese person would have to be very rare. I'll never understand how they can build so much bulging fat all around their legs, arms, and neckline. It's truly amazing.

One of the biggest culprits is the engineered junk foods which are heavily processed which are a little more than refined ingredients that's mixed in with additives. Cheap, long-lasting, and tasty, they cause overeating. Fast food restaurants are guilty of this, and McDonald's is one of them.

I don't have anything against Super Size Me, but it can be misleading at times. Morgan Spurlock's intentions are good, but the problem is much deeper than what's shown in the documentary. Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal is a good start. From there on, a couple of published works about the obesity epidemic will suffice.

At any rate, Morgan should be congratulated for his courage by turning himself into a lab rat. Again, it's just one case study. More people are needed to justify the results, but it doesn't matter: there's too much evidence and they're all around us in plain view. (2017 Author Note: Morgan lied the whole time that he never drank; it turns out he's been an alcoholic since age 13, hence his liver issue.) (2024 Author Note: He died at age 53, probbably from drinking.)

All in all, Super Size Me is a simple low-calorie way of making a point, but leave that to the scientists, because of their rigorous training, to validate the results.