Morgan Spurlock

their drink. Today, this method is illegal, but American foods are still addictive. Morgan Spurlock created a documentary about the effects of American fast-food restaurant. Super Size Me is also about the two girls who sued McDonald's because the company's food made them obese. Spurlock's main point of the movie is that fast foods are harmful to our health. In order to find out if fast foods are harmful; Spurlock ate McDonald's for a month as an experiment. As a rule, he had to eat McDonald's…

American documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, was a film about a constant growing problem in America, obesity. During the time of the film, obesity was the second leading cost of preventable deaths, after smoking. During the making of the film, nearly 100 million Americans were either overweight or obese, over 60% of U.S. adults. This film was inspired by the lawsuit towards Mcdonald’s by two obese girls in 2003; Jazlyn Bradley who was 19,…

could prove that eating the McDonald’s food for every day for every meal is unreasonably dangerous, they would be able to state their claim. For these reasons, documentarian Morgan Spurlock created a documentary, Supersize Me, to prove that eating too much fast food is really effecting in a person 's health. In his film, Spurlock decided to go on a diet by eating only McDonald’s fast food three times a day for thirty days and without exercise. He wanted to know that how much that fast food would…

lawsuit was filed by two teenage girls who were overweight. These girls claimed that McDonald’s was the sole cause of their obesity. This caught the attention of a man named Morgan Spurlock and eventually, Spurlock decided to test these girl’s theories and really find out if McDonald’s could really cause obesity. Spurlock decided that he would eat McDonald’s for a month straight. There were some rules that he had to follow in order to complete this challenge.…

Haerens, Margaret. Ed. Sherri Libberman. American Food by the Decades: 1950s. Santa Barbara: Greenwood, 2011. Print. Précis In her section “1950’s” (2011), Margaret Haerens, author and editor, suggests that television became influential to the way Americans eat. Haerens supports her claim by showing different types of examples of how television advertising has influenced Americans’ way of eating because advertising pushed the ideas of convenience. Her purpose is to allow readers to acknowledge…

In the documentary Super-Size, Me Morgan Spurlock attempts to eat only McDonalds for 30 days as a social experiment and attempts to uncover some of the corporate greed in the fast food business. Spurlock endures mental and physical challenges and that push him to the limits and leave him wondering if it’s even possible to complete this challenge. This documentary uses statistics and real-life experiences to provide quality arguments why it’s important to stay healthy. The film Super-Size shows…

and nutritionist, Morgan Spurlock was in a documentary film called Supersize Me. He was also the producer and director of the film. In the film, he attempted to do a thirty day experiment eating McDonald’s three times a week to see how his body would react to fast food after resisting it his whole life. He also did this to see how unhealthy McDonald’s and fast food is for the human body. “This Sundance Film Festival Award winner examines not only what fast food did to Spurlock but also what it…

which likely packs on about six extra pounds per child per year and increases the risk of obesity, a study of 6,212 found. Obesity rates rise exponentially across the United States and is a public health problem. To crack down on this epidemic, Morgan Spurlock conducted an experiment to prove that eating McDonald’s frequently has harmful effects to your body. This experiment was filmed and later released into a documentary called,…

and stress level can cause overeating, which can cause obesity. Having a background of obesity in the family tree can be a factor. Eating fast food restaurants numerous times, like McDonald’s, can also cause obesity. In the Super Size Me film, Morgan Spurlock conducted an experiment to see how eating fast food several times a day can effect the human body. After eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner from McDonald’s for thirty days his body changed tremendously. He gained weight,…

nineties. The results of poverty on a person’s physical health, psychological health and emotional health were examined in the video, 30 Days Minimum Wage by Morgan Spurlock, in which Spurlock and his fiancée left their life of wealth and luxury to spend thirty days on minimum wage. What Spurlock discovered is not surprising. In the video, Spurlock had to spend all of his money on rent and surviving day to day and had little to no money left for necessities such as clothing and health. Living…