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  • Essay / Analysis of the film Super Size Me - 870

    What is obesity? Dctionary.com states that “obesity is a medical condition in which a person has excess body fat or is overweight; corpulence" therefore an obese person is at risk of major health problems. " The film Super-Size Me directed and written by Morgan Spurlock highlights the fast food market and the obesity crisis in the United States. Her fascinating experience highlights the physical and emotional impact of eating three meals a day at McDonald's for thirty years. Several lawsuits have been filed against the McDonald's restaurant for knowingly selling very unhealthy foods. To support this claim, it was necessary to prove that eating McDonald's every day can be dangerous and affect the human body. For example, there are more McDonald's in Manhattan. everywhere else in the world, the city of Manhattan is only thirteen miles long by three miles wide, and there are eighty-three fast food outlets, or nearly four stores per square kilometer. There are also more McDonald's locations than Kentucky Fry Chicken, Popeye's. , Taco Bell and Wendy's combined in Manhattan Another thing that stood out to me in the documentary is that McDonald's spent over $1.4 billion on advertising and Pepsi spent $1 billion on direct advertising, Hersey candy has spent 200 million dollars and five a day. The fruit and vegetable campaign spent $2 million on advertising. The fast food industry impacts Americans because we spend a lot of money on it and most of the food is very unhealthy. In the film, it is stated that 45 percent of families will eat fast food instead of cooking at home. If customers start eating at home and saving their money, big companies will reduce the prices of their products. They will also increase their marketing strategies and advertisements to encourage people to start buying again. It is certainly not our place to be swayed by their cost-cutting strategies into thinking that it is a good deal for our money. The important factor is that of each person