yes, it's a gross exaggeration. he wound up eating about 5000 calories a day, limited his walking to ~4000 steps a day (about 1/2 mile, equiv to the avg american), and ate breakfast, lunch & dinner there. had to try everything once, and had to supersize the meal only if offered.
but it was still well done. the part i liked best was about how kids are specifically targeted and given poor food choices in school, but when asked, the administrators "want kids to make the right decision." right, when their options are lays, twinkies, pizza, french fries, cookies, high-sugar juices, etc. it had a definite anti-coprorate feel to it, but with the way junk (ok, empty-calorie) food is marketed to kids, it's hard to defend the companies as just trying to do their best to make a buck.
as far as how his health was affected: he went from 185.5lbs to 210, or thereabouts, in a month. one week he went from 203 to 202, but that almost certainly had to have been from when his muscle tissue loss exceeded his fat gain. he had bi-weekly blood tests by 3 different doctors, all of which urged him to stop the whole time. i also saw it with a gastroenterologist, who confirmed that everything they said was absolutely true.
on principle, i don't agree with the anti-tobacco, anti-fast food lawsuits. (the fast food lawsuits seemed to have been the inspiration for this movie.) everyone should know it's bad for you, and if you don't, then as a society we're probably better off when you die from stupidity-related factors. but it's still more than a little sickening that hundreds of thousands of people die a year from preventable causes, and that much worse that companies know it and make billions of dollars from the average person's lack of willpower. i don't have a solution, i would just wish there was an easy way for companies to be moral while still turning a buck. ok, maybe not quite like that, but i wish people would exercise more self control (and exercise more in general, too
).
overall score:
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: out of :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
but it was still well done. the part i liked best was about how kids are specifically targeted and given poor food choices in school, but when asked, the administrators "want kids to make the right decision." right, when their options are lays, twinkies, pizza, french fries, cookies, high-sugar juices, etc. it had a definite anti-coprorate feel to it, but with the way junk (ok, empty-calorie) food is marketed to kids, it's hard to defend the companies as just trying to do their best to make a buck.
as far as how his health was affected: he went from 185.5lbs to 210, or thereabouts, in a month. one week he went from 203 to 202, but that almost certainly had to have been from when his muscle tissue loss exceeded his fat gain. he had bi-weekly blood tests by 3 different doctors, all of which urged him to stop the whole time. i also saw it with a gastroenterologist, who confirmed that everything they said was absolutely true.
on principle, i don't agree with the anti-tobacco, anti-fast food lawsuits. (the fast food lawsuits seemed to have been the inspiration for this movie.) everyone should know it's bad for you, and if you don't, then as a society we're probably better off when you die from stupidity-related factors. but it's still more than a little sickening that hundreds of thousands of people die a year from preventable causes, and that much worse that companies know it and make billions of dollars from the average person's lack of willpower. i don't have a solution, i would just wish there was an easy way for companies to be moral while still turning a buck. ok, maybe not quite like that, but i wish people would exercise more self control (and exercise more in general, too
). overall score:
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: out of :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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