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Le fast-food est partout. 37 % des enfants et des adolescents américains ont un problème de poids. Deux adultes sur trois sont atteints de surcharge pondérale ou d'obésité. Comment l'Amérique est-elle devenue aussi grosse ?Pour mener son enquête, Morgan Spurlock a traversé les États-Unis et interrogé des spécialistes dans plus de vingt villes. Un ancien ministre de la santé, des profs de gym, des cuisiniers de cantines scolaires, des publicitaires, des avocats et des législateurs lui confient le résultat de leurs recherches, leurs sentiments, leurs craintes et leurs doutes.Mais le fil rouge de ce documentaire est une expérience que Morgan Spurlock décide de mener sur lui-même. Sous la surveillance attentive de trois médecins, le voilà donc au régime MacMuffin, Big Mac, Royal Cheese, frites et coca.
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misleading and fearmongering is what this movie is about - try watching Fat Head (2009) - a reporter re-did the experiment while eating everything on the menu at least once - no starving, no 'salad only' diet, yet he was able to even loose weight while doing it and he even debunked Spurlocks sensationalism as outright deceitful.
I remember watching this in Science in like Year 10 and laughing at the fact that his sex life suffered. But like that's some screwed up stuff. As a lot of people have said, Morgan's experiment is extreme but it's so interesting to see what he goes through. What we have here is an extremely entertaining and shocking documentary. However, although it has many valid points, it shouldn't necessarily be taken as real scientific research.
This movie was considered a fraud even when it came out and Spurlock recently indicated that he has been a functioning alcoholic for most of his life - the likely cause of his health issues and the excessive caloric difference between what he ate and the weight he gained. This is more cash-grab than propaganda and more propaganda than documentary.
It's a pretty good documentary, made me laugh and feel disgusted.