Counterargument In Supersize Me

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It’s a movie made by Tom Naughton that has the intention to rebut the argument presented in the documentary Super Size me directed by Morgan Spurlock. During the film he shows many counterarguments against Morgan’s arguments but I will write about only two.
The main counterargument is that people are not stupid and they have the power to say no. He shows that fast food restaurants don’t force anyone to eat fast food and if you going to the driving thru nobody forces anyone to buy anything. People have the capacity to identify that a kind of food is high caloric, and also they know that the best way to lose weight is to work out regularly. He shows that people like to take the kids to the Mac Donald’s playground because of the lack of options

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