Food Epidemic

            The film “Super sized me” attacked the fast-food industries for contributing to obesity in the United States. Obesity is a health problem in the United States; indeed the USA is the fattest country in the world. More than 60% of adult Americans are obese. Obesity can bring many problems such as premature death, risk of heart attack, and diabetes and many more. About fifteen million people in the United States have diabetes.  Morgan Spurlock, the director of this film decided to do an experiment after he had heard that two person had blamed their overweight issue on the fast food places. After the industrial revolution not only has there been an increase in population but many industrial businesses had made profit and huge amounts of money through their junk food.

His experiment was eating MacDonald’s for 30 days; no exceptions. He was to eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Another of his rule was that he had to sample every single menu item within the month. Before anything, he had consulted his experiment with three doctors. They all told him he was healthy and that he was the right weight for his right height. With this said his end results are devastating to hear. Later, his weight increases dramatically. Indeed, it is fascinating how in less than a week, he gain ten pounds. That is unbelievable to me. I have wanted to gain weight in order to grow muscle; however it is nearly impossible since I exercise too much through soccer. I don’t think I can balance between food and exercise. Although I do eat a lot, my exercise is quadruple of what I eat.

At the end of his experiment, he had gained about twenty-five pounds. During this thirty day, he felt very weak, tire, with anxiety. Later, MacDonald’s food had become a necessity for him. It had become an addiction to some extent. After he ate it, he felt relieved and happy. Through this we see how organisms are able to adapt to certain habits in order for them to succeed in them. Morgan and the organism share the same concept just in different forms.   After his experiment, he had achieved many things. Every MacDonald’s must have nutrition table indicating how many calories they are going to consume. It is a law; came to be known as the cheese burger bill. Also, the super size me, sometime later had been abolished. This experiment woke up many Americans and made them think critically whether they were making the right choices of food. We see here how humans are rapidly becoming obese as time passes; thus we are producing more food. Sooner, we will deplete these resources: food. We humans must be careful with what we eat since it will not only makes us healthier but it can help our planet.