Super Size Me - What Happens to Mr. Spurlock Physical Wellness During His Mcdonalds Rampage

Supersize Me is a movie where Morgan who goes on a diet for 30 days with McDonald's only. His health deteriorates throughout the 30 days of eating McDonalds only. His doctors was wrong with the outcomes of Morgan’s health. His health decrease dramatically after his diet. Not only his health decrease dramatically, his relationship with people decrease too. His emotions vary sometimes throughout the month.

The United States of America has long been considered a “big nation”, whether is has the biggest cities, houses, and on a negative note, biggest people. In 2003, Morgan Spurlock, a healthy-bodied film director, set on a quest to show America the detrimental effects of the fast food industry and raise awareness on the controversial issue. He produced the documentary “Supersize Me”, where McDonald’s meals were consumed for every meal of the day for thirty days. His film was released to movie theatres so that people could understand the devastating effects of McDonald’s on his body in a very short time span. At the end of his experiment, Morgan gained twenty-five pounds, developed a thirteen percent

The Morgan super-size me film that investigates that if fast food chain, Mac Donald’s is contributing to the obesity in America because of the food that is serves. The director, Morgan Spurlock conveys that, in America, people are becoming more obese due to the consumption of too much fast food. Throughout the film, Suprlock uses several film techniques such as graphics, interviews and voice over and direct narration to persuade the audience of his point of view that a person can get really sick from having a diet that relays on MacDonald’s food in a variety of substantial ways.

In the film, “Super Size me”, a man takes part in a 30 day journey of only eating McDonald’s. Required to only eat menu items and accept all offers to “Super Size” his meal (making his fries and drink more than double the regular size) , the man made it the entire way. What was the cause of this though? Extreme repercussions. The man contracted type two diabetes nearly two months later and frequently got sick during the experiment. One specific day the man was forced to super size his meal and eat a whopping half pound cheese burger causing him to instantly become sick. The reality of this though, as presented in the film, is that millions of americans eat a meal closely related to this, on a regular

In “Super-Size Me” is a 2004 documentary film written, produced and has Morgan Spurlock as an actor, an independent filmmaker. He argues that McDonald’s food is unreasonably dangerous to consumer’s health. The idea is for a period of 30 days he will survive by eating only McDonald’s food for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Fast foods are one of the biggest contributors. The documentary, “Super-Size Me”, shows a very detailed journey that Morgan Spurlock takes to investigate the real effects of consumption of McDonalds. Morgan Spurlocks deal is to eat McDonald’s for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day for thirty days. During this time his health would be tracked by a gastroenterologist, cardiologist, and a general practitioner in order to receive accurate medical attention and tracking. Within Mr. Spurlocks first two to four days he had vomited and started his days just not feeling well for no clear reason.

     Morgan Spurlock decided to make this documentary to investigate the fast food companies, and the effects of certain fast food chains products, particularly McDonalds, on the health of society. This Documentary explores the United States growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well. Morgan decides to eat nothing but McDonald's food for thirty days. He must eat one of everything on the menu at least once, and when asked to super size his meal he must do so. Another stipulation of Morgan's experiment is that he can only take 5,000 steps a day to replicate the exercise that most average Americans get on a daily basis. He must also eat three meals a day, no exceptions and if McDonalds doesn't serve it

Fat Head and Supersize Me are documentaries that highlight the adverse epidemic of obesity, heart disease, and other health problems that is running rampant throughout the United States. Supersize Me depicts Morgan Spurlock and his experiment to show the impact of eating McDonalds by recording his diet and comparing his health before and after the fast food challenge. Fat Head portrays Tom Naughton refuting the legitimacy of the results of Supersize Me and the Lipid Hypothesis.

McDonald’s is killing Americans, at least that is what Morgan Spurlock believes. In his documentary Super Size Me he embarks on a quest to not only describe and use himself as an example of the growing obesity trend, but to offer the viewers with base-line nutritional knowledge that will allow them to draw their own informed conclusions. Spurlock's primary intention is to prove through self-experimentation that eating solely McDonald's food is dangerous. His secondary intention is to denounce the rising obesity rate in American by using statistics, his own research, and the opinions of experts. His broader message is for a general audience while he tailors select chapters towards more specific demographics such as parents or McDonald's

One example of a graph is the progress of Spurlock's health throughout the thirty days. He uses a pictograph to analyze the changes in areas regarding health, weight gain, and fat percentage. This graph shows that he has gained almost 25 pounds, increased cholesterol rate, prone for deleterious risk for heart problems, emotional and sexual exhaustion, and the development of a fatty liver. By analyzing the graph, the viewers can see how Spurlock's diet has led to many risky health conditions. By including many examples of visual and textual evidences in his documentary, Spurlock was able to reveal how eating fast food is a prime cause of obesity and health problems. He uses visuals and texts to help explain the credibility of the film, the logic behind it, and the appeal to audience. The credibility of the film helps shows how dangerous it is to eat fast food constantly. By performing this experiment, Spurlock became a credible source to report the obesity problem. The health analysis graph in the film and his daily documentation helps concede the logic in the film. They help provide solid evidences to the risks faced by eating fast food and how it is related to future health problems. But overall, most of the visuals and texts are utilized to try appealing to the emotions of the audience. Spurlock especially uses this to have the audience experience one of the most common problem that is faced by many Americans

Contrary to the popular belief of the time, Morgan Spurlock’s amateur documentary “Supersize Me” pushed reform in both fast food culture, and eating habits of citizens, being one of the first catalysts in a new movement in America. This 2004 film, being the first of his works to establish Spurlock as a filmmaker, focuses on Spurlock’s 30 day journey in which he vowed to eat solely McDonalds for three meals a day, and track his overall mental, physical, and social changes over this span of time. Throughout the film, Spurlock consults three doctors (a gastroenterologist, a cardiologist, and a general practitioner) as well as a nutritionist to monitor physical change and gather quantitative data supporting his claim. The film often exhibited

Morgan Spurlock’s motivation to create his documentary emerged from a certain court case, in which two teenage girls sued McDonald's for selling them products that resulted in them being obese for their age group (Spurlock). McDonald’s testimony stated that the girls could not fully prove that it was the McDonald’s product that were making them overweight and that eating their products for every meal would be seemingly dangerous (Spurlock). Spurlock to this statement into his owns hands and a decided to conduct a month long experiment, in which he would go on a thirty-day long binge of McDonald’s food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to prove if and how fast food can make a person obese (Spurlock). It is well known within the general public that fast food in not a healthy option for a meal but for many, fast food is the only

Fast food is unhealthy and does not provide the necessary nutrients needed for a daily diet, however Mcdonald's, a fast food empire claimed in a 2004 lawsuit against them that fast food can be a part of a healthy diet. The court ruled that the plaintiffs would have a serious claim if they could prove that eating fast food for every meal is dangerous for the person and their health. Morgan Spurlock, writer, director, producer, and star of 2004 documentary Supersize Me set out to prove that fast food is dangerous for a person's health. The documentary follows Morgan on his 30 day challenge of only eating fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Through Morgan's challenge his weight skyrockets, his health declines and feels terrible all the time. Many people believe that fast food companies are to blame for America's obesity but the individual must take responsibility for what they put into their bodies instead of blaming fast food companies for their unhealthy eating habits .The documentary explores the idea that people should avoid eating fast food because Fast food, although more convenient and easier is worse for you than making your own meals. Fast food leads to many health risks and is not a good substitution for traditional meals. People should avoid eating

Through the lens of health psychology it is possible to glean a great deal of important information from the documentary Supersize Me. I have chosen to highlight three specific sections of health psychology that stood out within Spurlock’s film. The first revolves around appeals to certain health behaviours coming from various sources i.e. large food corporations or governmental food agencies. The second aspect of health psychology I have chosen to highlight is managed care and the various information that medical professionals provide in regards to biological and psychological health. The final facet that I will be

Obesity is probably the most significant issue facing the McDonald’s Company today. The corporation has been severally blamed for the menace due to its wide range of junk foods. As the world’s largest fast food company, it has become a target of most health related films such as Super Size Me. This is because the public blames the company for failing to give nutritional information concerning the items on its menu (Baron, 2010).