The book is sort of the afterward of the movie. He explains why he made the movie and why he made it the way he did. Why did he choose McDonald's to focus on and not Burger King or White Castle? Why did he limit his walking? Why did he ONLY eat McDonald's? How did he come up with the idea of the movie in the first place? All these questions are answered in one chapter alone. I'm only 77 pages into it, but so far he has talked about the following (I've listed the names of the chapters and what they're about):
Ch. 1: Do you want lies with that?-- The lies the fast food industry tells us about how their food is healthy and nutritious... WHAAA?
Ch. 2: Girth of a nation-- How America has become the fattest nation in a short amount of time. He touches upon how we exercise much less and eat much more than we ever have before in the history of the country.
Ch. 3: The light at the end of the taco-- What can we do about this?
Ch. 4: A really great bad idea-- This is the chapter about his major motion picture "Supersize Me".
I am so fascinated by the information Morgan Spurlock has compiled in this funny and eye-opening book. If anyone wants to borrow this book, let me know because I'm almost done with it!
Fun facts from the book:
*Alabama is the fattest state (28.4% obese); Colorado is the thinnest (16% obese)
*"The average American adult is now overeating by a few hundred calories a day. For kids, it's gone up to anywhere from 80 to 230 extra calories a day."..."An extra 10 calories a day translates to the addition of one extra pound of fat a year. If the average American is overeating by about 200 calories a day, that a whopping twenty pounds of flab every year." (Note: Today, the recommended daily calorie intake is 1600 for women and 2200 for men.)
*"In the early days, a soda at Burger King was 12 ounces. That's now called a "small" soda. A medium is 20 ounces, and a large is 32. A super size soda at McDonald's was 42 ounces. The Double Gulp at your local 7-Eleven comes in a bucket the size of a wastepaper basket, which holds 64 ounces of soda--half a gallon!"..."That's 600-800 calories."
*1/5 of American kids are now drinking soda at the ages of one and two.
*A woman sued McDonald's for their coffee being too hot when she spilled it on herself while driving and suffered from third degree burns, requiring skin grafts and a one-week hospital stay... and she WON! (Read to find out why McDonald's lost the lawsuit!)
*On McDonald's website, there's a disclaimer that runs in very small print at the bottom of the nutrition information page that says: No products are certified as vegetarian; all products may contain trace amounts of ingredients derived from animals. Even their salads and fries (especially their fries: it's the beef lard that gives them their unique flavor).
*Chicken McNuggets contain twice as much fat per ounce than a McDonald's hamburger.
*"For every additional serving per day of soft drink consumed, the risk of becoming obese increases by about 50%." -David Ludwig of Children's Hospital in Boston.
If anyone's read this book or any others that maybe I'd like, let me know! I just got done with "Fast Food Nation" and I also bought "Fat Land" to read the rest of this summer. Health is just so interesting and learning about why America's obesity number is climbing so high so quickly.
...Oh. and I know I haven't put any pictures/videos up from Vegas yet... I'll do that when I get around to it.
Ummmmm. Have you seen my GIRTH lately. Since all the predisone I've had. Oh My! Well, noe I really feel terrible about myself today. That's okay, I'll go have something healthy....What would that be........?
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