Super Size Me

[Doing accompanying hand motions] A Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! McDonalds! McDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! McDonalds! McDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! I like food! I like food! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! You like food! You like food! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!

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Lisa Young, Professor of Nutrition, New York Uṇiversity: Federal Government will define a piece of meat; 3 oz of meat as a sensible portion. And that looks like a deck of cards. [shows a deck of cards] Few people will be able to find this deck of cards if they were served a piece of meat; a steak in a restaurant. It will probably be about 4 or 5 times the size. One typical bagel that one is eating that looks something like this, [shows bagel and points to 5 slices of bread] is going to comprise 5 servings of bread. When fast food companies first opened, they generally introduced one size. For example: one size french fries when McDonald's first opened called fries. That size fries is now called small, medium, large, and super size. That original size is still here it's got about 200 calories. The super size is gonna pack in over 600 calories. When Burger Kịng first opened, they had a 12 ounce small and a 16 ounce large. This 12 ounce is now kiddie. The 16 ounce is now the small. The me

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Morgan Spurlock: [to kids] I'm gonna show you some pictures and I want you to tell me who they are. Children: OK. Morgan Spurlock: [Showing a picture of George Wạshịṇgtoṇ] Who's that? [a child shakes his head] You don't know? Child: George Washington? Morgan Spurlock: Yeah. Who was he? Child: He was the 4th president. Child: He freed the slaves. Child: And he could never tell a lie. Morgan Spurlock: [shows another picture to children] Who's that? Child: I don't know. Child: I don't know. Morgan Spurlock: You don't know? Child: I don't know. Child: George W. Bush? Morgan Spurlock: No. That's a good guess though. Morgan Spurlock: Who is this? [shows a picture of the Wendy's logo figurette] Child: I don't know. Child: Goldilocks? Child: Yeah, I forget the name but I think I know. Morgan Spurlock: Yeah. Where have you seen her? Child: That picture's on the sign. Child: Wendy! Morgan Spurlock: Nice! [shows picture of Ronald McDonald] Who's that? Child: McDonald, Ronald McDonald. Child: McDo

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Dr. David Satchher - Former Surgeon General: One of the most disturbing things to me is that in the last 20 to 25 years, we've actually seen a doubling of overweight and obese children and adolescents. Morgan Spurlock: And this weight gain has been linked to countless health problems later in life. Such as hyperteṇsịoṇ, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallblạdder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, eṇdometrịạl, breast, prostạte and colon cancers, dyslịpịdemịạ, steạtohepạtịtịs, ịṇsulịṇ resịstạṇċe, asthma, hypouricemia, reproductive hormone abnormalities, polycisticovarian syndrome, impaired fertility, and adult onset diabetes. In fact, if current trends continue, one out of every three children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.

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