Don't eat this book

fast food and the supersizing of America

308 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2006 by Berkley Books.

ISBN:
978-0-425-21023-9
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OCLC Number:
68044804

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Can man live on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do just that. For thirty days, he ate nothing but three "squares" a day from McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary film, Super Size Me, won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by his experiment, during which he gained twenty-five pounds, his blood pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared. But this story goes far beyond his own "Mc-Sickness": he traveled across the country, into schools, hospitals, and people's homes, to investigate school lunch programs, the marketing of fast food, and the declining emphasis on health and physical education. He interviewed experts in medicine, nutrition, law, and marketing. He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and ultimately seductive, and what Americans can do to turn …

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This is a prime case of the movie being better than the book. Much of the information that Spurlock gives here is just an expansion of what is already said in "Supersize Me". Spurlock covers a wide variety of topics, but only at a surface level. It also doesn't help that the book's 2006 publication makes it a mite bit dated.

I would recommend this either as an easy introduction for people who know very little about fast food culture, or for people who saw the film and want something more. It's light and with a refreshing sense of humor for the somberness of the topic, but still doesn't really cover ground that hasn't already been trodden.

Subjects

  • Junk food -- United States
  • Junk food -- Humor
  • Fast food restaurants -- United States
  • Fast food restaurants -- Humor