| Why are so many Americans obese? It's simple, | | | | (BMI) 13%. His BMI rose from the healthy range |
| they lack nutritional education and simply most of | | | | of 23.2 to and overweight level of 27. The weight |
| the food that they consume on a daily basis | | | | that he gained in thirty days took him over |
| includes almost no nutritional content whatsoever. | | | | fourteen months to lose. |
| I am primarily talking about fast food and other | | | | Not only that the doctor's told him that if he |
| processed foods, which unfortunately have | | | | continued any longer he was running the risk of |
| become the staple of many people's diets. Eating | | | | liver failure. Yes, that is right eating fast food for |
| fresh organic fruits and vegetables seems like a | | | | thirty days had the same effect on his liver as an |
| thing of the past. | | | | extreme alcohol binge. |
| When director Morgan Spurlock first began his | | | | America Watches In Horror, Then Goes To |
| Academy Award nominated documentary | | | | McDonalds For Dinner |
| regarding the dietary damage caused by the lack | | | | In 2004 when Super Size Me, was released, |
| of nutritional value in fast food, many were | | | | America watched in horror with the realization of |
| skeptical about the end result. For many | | | | how much their weight issues actually stemmed |
| Americans, daily nutrition is derived from at least | | | | from their own ignorance and lack of concern. |
| one fast food meal per day. An examination of | | | | Suddenly America was aware of the danger that |
| the obesity rate in the United States is direct | | | | existed in every fast food restaurants on every |
| proof that fast food nutrition is an oxymoron. | | | | corner is every city; fast food equaled fast fat. |
| Spurlock Challenges Fast Food Nutrition | | | | Dinner parties, weight loss meetings, parent |
| "Super Size Me," Spurlock's documentary film that | | | | groups and water coolers around the country |
| followed a thirty day time period in which Spurlock | | | | were buzzing with the reality that had been |
| himself ate only items purchased from the fast | | | | exposed in the fast food documentary. It |
| foot mogul, McDonalds. The purpose of this film | | | | appeared that America might change its practice |
| was to document how Spurlock's life and body | | | | of fast food consumption and begin to actively |
| changed when he existed on a diet made entirely | | | | battle against the obesity epidemic that was |
| of fast food. | | | | spreading across the nation. |
| The goal of this documentary was to examine by | | | | However, sadly, while the 2004 scare brought |
| example how fast food nutrition was affecting | | | | about short-term results, the last impact was not |
| America. The requirements of the film were | | | | what it was hoped it would be. There are many |
| specific: Spurlock could only eat off of the | | | | new menu items that offer healthier choices, but |
| McDonald's menu, he had to eat three meals a | | | | people need to realize that even a salad, when it |
| day and he had to sample every item on the | | | | is shipped across the country, handled dozens of |
| menu at least once. Following these guidelines, he | | | | times and covered in fatty dressing is almost as |
| consumed an average of 5,000 calories per day | | | | bad as the cheeseburgers and fries. |
| during the experiment. | | | | Also people seem to have taken the attitude that |
| Thirty Days Challenged Years Of Fast Food | | | | it is okay to eat fast food because they don't eat |
| Nutritional Arguments | | | | it "every" meal like Mr. Spurlock did. Let me be |
| Prior to beginning the creation of Super Size Me, | | | | clear on this he made an excellent point on what |
| Spurlock was a healthy 32-year-old male. He | | | | that food does to your body, it simply doesn't |
| stood 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighed 185.5 | | | | matter if you eat it once a day or three times a |
| pounds. He ate a healthy well-rounded diet that | | | | day. |
| included vegan evening meals. | | | | That food is ruining your health and your body. If |
| At the end of the thirty days he had gained over | | | | you want to be healthy as well as look and feel |
| 24 pounds and increased his body mass index | | | | good you should never eat fast food. |