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Looking forward to seeing this film, should be interesting.
Anyone else going to see it?
For those that don't know what it is, here's a little rundown.
"Two out of three Americans are overweight or obese, but where does personal responsibility end and corporate responsibility begin?
On the heels of two teenage girls suing McDonald’s for making them obese, director Morgan Spurlock set out to discover what has made people in America so fat. Spurlock decided to conduct an experiment in which he would subject himself to a diet of nothing but McDonald’s fast food for a month. He laid out some conditions:
He only allowed himself to eat what was available over the counter at the restaurant (including water)
He couldn’t super size unless asked (nine times in total)
He had to eat every item on the McDonald’s menu at least once
He had to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.
Throughout his descent into the maelstrom of bad food, he visited doctors and health professionals to track his decline in health. At the beginning of the experiment, Spurlock clocked in at a svelte 6’ 2” tall and 185 pounds. His cholesterol was a healthy 168, his blood pressure 120/80, and his body fat measured 11 per cent. You may be shocked by his measurements after a month on a McDonald’s diet!
This “Columbine”-esque indictment of America’s obsession with fast food won Spurlock the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival. "
Anyone else going to see it?
For those that don't know what it is, here's a little rundown.
"Two out of three Americans are overweight or obese, but where does personal responsibility end and corporate responsibility begin?
On the heels of two teenage girls suing McDonald’s for making them obese, director Morgan Spurlock set out to discover what has made people in America so fat. Spurlock decided to conduct an experiment in which he would subject himself to a diet of nothing but McDonald’s fast food for a month. He laid out some conditions:
He only allowed himself to eat what was available over the counter at the restaurant (including water)
He couldn’t super size unless asked (nine times in total)
He had to eat every item on the McDonald’s menu at least once
He had to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.
Throughout his descent into the maelstrom of bad food, he visited doctors and health professionals to track his decline in health. At the beginning of the experiment, Spurlock clocked in at a svelte 6’ 2” tall and 185 pounds. His cholesterol was a healthy 168, his blood pressure 120/80, and his body fat measured 11 per cent. You may be shocked by his measurements after a month on a McDonald’s diet!
This “Columbine”-esque indictment of America’s obsession with fast food won Spurlock the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival. "
