Super Size Me
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| - | '''Morgan Spurlock''' (born [[November 7]], [[1970]]) is an [[United States|American]] independent [[documentary film|documentary]] [[film director]], [[TV producer]], and [[screenwriter]], known for the documentary film ''[[Super Size Me]]'', in which he demonstrated the health effects of [[McDonald's]] food by eating nothing but McDonalds three times a day, every day, for one month. Spurlock is also the executive producer and star of the [[reality television]] [[television series|series]] ''[[30 Days]]''. | + | '''''Super Size Me''''' is a [[2004 in film|2004]] [[documentary film]] written, produced, directed by and starring [[Morgan Spurlock]], an [[United States|American]] independent [[filmmaker]]. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day time period (February 2003) during which he subsists entirely on food and items purchased exclusively from [[McDonald's]], and the film documents this lifestyle's drastic effects on Spurlock's physical and [[psychology|psychological]] well-being and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor [[nutrition]] for its own profit. During the filming, Spurlock dined at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, sampling every item on the chain's menu at least once. He also super sized his meal every time he was asked. He consumed an average of 5,000 [[Food energy|kcal]] (the equivalent of 9.26 [[Big Mac]]s) per day during the experiment. |
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Super Size Me is a 2004 documentary film written, produced, directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day time period (February 2003) during which he subsists entirely on food and items purchased exclusively from McDonald's, and the film documents this lifestyle's drastic effects on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit. During the filming, Spurlock dined at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, sampling every item on the chain's menu at least once. He also super sized his meal every time he was asked. He consumed an average of 5,000 kcal (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment.
