America is the fattest nation in the world. Obesity is now the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S, only second to smoking. If the same rate continues, obesity will become the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. (Spurlock). All of this information was exposed by film maker, Morgan Spurlock. Muckraking is searching and publicizing factual information about a famous person, or a company. Muckraking still exist as demonstrated by Morgan Spurlock’s film “Super Size Me”.
Morgan Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Morgan attended New York University where he received his degree in film, and currently lives in New York City. He is mostly known for the first film he produced …show more content…
One way Morgan used facts to criticize McDonald’s is he explained how McNuggets (McDonald’s chicken nuggets) were made. The fact he used is “McDonald’s chicken nuggets are made from chickens that are pumped with hormones so their breast are unusually large, then they are put into a machine, their heads are chopped off, and the rest of their body including feces comes out of the machine”. This made me not want to eat McDonald's chicken nuggets, and most likely others too. Another fact that Morgan used to expose McDonald's is McDonald's premium salads have 51 grams of fat. Fifty one grams of fat provides you with 79% of your daily fat intake. This is very shocking because McDonald’s salads, which are supposed to be healthy, have 51 grams of …show more content…
Although McDonald’s claimed that there was no relationship, one day before “Super Size Me” was released they launched a new “Go Active” menu (Supersize). Additionally, six weeks after the premier of the documentary McDonald’s announced they would be eliminating the super size menu. McDonald’s also launched a new advertising campaign showing children encouraging others to have healthier meals at McDonald’s. McDonald’s claimed that it is “matter of common knowledge that any processing that its foods undergo serve to make them more harmful than unprocessed foods”
Morgan Spurlock is an American documentary filmmaker from Parkersburg, West Virginia. Morgan attended New York University where he received his degree in film, and currently lives in New York City. He is mostly known for the first film he produced …show more content…
One way Morgan used facts to criticize McDonald’s is he explained how McNuggets (McDonald’s chicken nuggets) were made. The fact he used is “McDonald’s chicken nuggets are made from chickens that are pumped with hormones so their breast are unusually large, then they are put into a machine, their heads are chopped off, and the rest of their body including feces comes out of the machine”. This made me not want to eat McDonald's chicken nuggets, and most likely others too. Another fact that Morgan used to expose McDonald's is McDonald's premium salads have 51 grams of fat. Fifty one grams of fat provides you with 79% of your daily fat intake. This is very shocking because McDonald’s salads, which are supposed to be healthy, have 51 grams of …show more content…
Although McDonald’s claimed that there was no relationship, one day before “Super Size Me” was released they launched a new “Go Active” menu (Supersize). Additionally, six weeks after the premier of the documentary McDonald’s announced they would be eliminating the super size menu. McDonald’s also launched a new advertising campaign showing children encouraging others to have healthier meals at McDonald’s. McDonald’s claimed that it is “matter of common knowledge that any processing that its foods undergo serve to make them more harmful than unprocessed foods”