In the 2004 documentary “Super-Size Me,” Morgan Spurlock did an experiment on fast food’s impact of the recent obesity epidemic. There was a case involving a lawsuit between two teenaged girls who were suing McDonalds over their obesity. McDonalds fired back by stating that daily consumption of the food would be “unreasonably dangerous.” Morgan Spurlock decided to test the dangers of McDonalds by creating a diet for the span of thirty days, three meals per day, with food and beverages within the limit of the McDonald’s menu. He only Super-sized when asked, and he tried everything on the menu at least once which included regional exclusives such as the Texas exclusive burger he had. Before he started his fast food diet, he went to several specialist to get his initial health recorded so that he could measure any transitions within his physical, or mental …show more content…
McDonalds spent 1.4 billion dollars, and was followed by Pepsi that spent a billion in product exposure compare to the 2 million dollars use in the 5 Fruit and Vegetable campaign. The documentary also acknowledge the lack of education that customers were provided with when it came to the nutritional value in each fast food product. In his search for finding the nutrition content of the McDonald’s menu, Spurlock reported that ¼ of the chain’s restaurants, did not have the listing available. In the conclusion, Morgan Spurlock gained 24.5 pounds, increased his body fat to 18%, and had a cholesterol of 230. He doubled his chances of heart disease and suffered emotional depression and mood swings. He reported of consuming 30 pounds of sugar. In March 2004, congress passed the “Cheeseburger Bill” which made it illegal for people to sue fast food restaurants for their obesity. Six weeks after the documentary made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, McDonalds announced that they would be removing the supersized