Tsz Pui, Tse
Section 31710
Professor Mrs. Malm
Summary/ Reaction Paper
Draft 1
Summary & Reaction: Super Size Me
In the beginning of this movie which shows that the problems of obesity is a major health
problem in the United States, it has all over 60 of percentage of all Americans are either
overweight or obese. Basically, obesity which has been linked to hypertension, heart disease,
stroke, adult onset diabetes and breathlessness. And, Hypertension is one of the most
common side effects of obesity!
As the part of the beginning, Spurlock, who is the main character and the director of this film.
He is going to show how dangerous it’s the McDonald’s food. So he is going to be a part of
this experiment of this film which shows that the effects of McDonald’s food. Spurlock has
specific of the rules for himself in these thirty days for his eating habits. Firstly, Spurlock must
be able fully eat three McDonald’s meals in a every single day and every single time, which
includes breakfast, lunch and dinner. He also could not walk more than the average American
exercises each day. Then, he must only eat those items that are offered on the McDonald’s
menu, which includes a bottled of water. If he asked by the food from McDonald’s if he
would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will
have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Because he could only eat
McDonald’s food for a month. Before his experiment, he is seen by three physicians who
helps for Spurlock’s body, which was a cardiologist, a gastroenterologist, and a general
practitioner. As well as a nutritionist and a personal trainer for his health diet and physical.
At the first of few week, Spurlock ate a varied diet but always had vegan evening meals
to appease his girlfriend, Alexandra, who is a vegan chef which managed Spurlock’s diet at
the first week before the experiment started. At the beginning of the experiment, Spurlock,
who stood 6 feet 2 inches tall, had a body weight of 185.5 lbs. On February 1, Spurlock starts
the month with breakfast at McDonald’s in his hometown which is Manhatten where there is
an average of over than five McDonald’s locations. He feels so great when he order some
McDonalds’s food, which means that McDonald’s food is convenient and good enough for a
good morning.
Also, the price is pretty cheap to get meals or combo which includes regular size of drink,
and French fries. But the problems of these things is they are not so health for people diet.
So that is the reason why most of Americans are obese so easily. At this week, the new diet
did not make a huge difference to Spurlock. On February 2, Spurlock order his first Super Size
meal at the McDonald’s, which happens to be a meal made of a Double Quarter Pounder
with Cheese, Super Size French fries, and a 42 ounce. Coke, which takes about 22 minutes to
eat.
Unfortunately, he is vomiting a super sized meal out of his car window. That is gross! He
learned that he was gaining almost over a pound for a day, and his