Spurlock's Supersize Me

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In Supersize Me, Spurlock shows himself throwing up after eating McDonalds for two straight days in an attempt to show how bad it is for a person’s body. This is an attempt to make the viewer feel disgust and then associate that emotion to the McDonalds food. Although it succeeds in making the view feel disgust it is not valid to imply that this reaction was only from the McDonald's food that he had consumed. Prior to his McDonald's experiment, Spurlock exercised regularly and ate healthier than the average person. In order for him to go from his normal diet to the McDonald's only diet would be a complete shock to his body that most people would not get. Spurlock does not mention his previous health during the viewing of him vomiting during the movie. He purposefully leaves out information that changes the scenario. Many people eat McDonalds everyday and do not vomit because they are not shocking their body. If Spurlock had eased himself into this diet, he most likely would not have vomited.
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Spurlock points out again and again that Americans are getting bigger, faster and with that so are the amounts of obesity related diseases. He brings up the case of two teenage girls trying to sue McDonalds for their unhealthy weight gain; however, even in this case that went to court, the girls’ lawyer failed to prove that their weight was caused by eating McDonald's which Spurlock, himself, admits. He never follows up to prove the case wrong later on; he continues to bash the fast food industry's unhealthy options without citing a single study that the industry is to blame for the nation's overall weight

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