Supersize Me

Making the Case

Supersize Me is a documentary about a man named Morgan who ate at McDonalds every day and also every meal for thirty days. He supported his case with several specialists. He had three doctors to monitor his health, a cardiologists, gastrologists, and general physician. Also he met with a dietician to monitor his progress. Morgan started out weighing 185 pounds with 11% body fat. The doctors ranked his fitness above average. Throughout the documentary the narrator told many statistics to help support his case. In the next paragraph, I will share a few of these surprising statistics with you.

Did you know obesity doubled in the 1980's with Mississippi being the fattest state in America? One in four people are obese in the state of Mississippi. More than 60% of Americans are obese. There are an average of 400,000 deaths per year from illnesses related to obesity. Each day one in four Americans eat fast food. Forty-six million people in the world are served daily at McDonalds. There are more McDonalds in Manhattan than anywhere in the world. In Manhattan alone there are eighty-three McDonalds. That's four per square mile. In 2001 McDonalds alone spent 1.4 billion dollars worldwide on direct media advertising. In the past five years medical cost for diabetes has doubled. McDonalds nutrition's list is supposed to be posted on-line. According to the 2000 census half of Americans still don't have internet. Now while all these facts are being presented Morgan is eating only McDonalds for every meal and his body is paying the price.

Morgan is continuing his doctor visits to monitor his health. Each day he starts to feel worse. On day eighteen he feels horrible. His cholesterol has gone up and his overall health is not so good. Doctor says he has a fat liver. Morgan continued his research by calling several nutritionists. Two out of one-hundred said eat fast food more than twice a week and forty-five said never eat fast food. On day twenty-one Morgan woke up at 2:00 am very hot and couldn't breathe. He went to the doctor and the doctor told him his liver was in bad shape. His liver was in such bad shape the doctor suggests Morgan stop with the study early. He continued and his final weigh in was 210 pounds. His body fat was 18% and his sex life was worthless. His conclusion was, "Who do you want to see go first - you