Watch a clip of Morgan's appearance on The Late Show with Dave Letterman at http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/dave_tv/ls_dtv_big_show_highlights.shtml

http://www.media.mcdonalds.com/secured/news/pressreleases/2004/Press_Release05052004c.html

McD's gettin tetchy.

Dump your McDonalds stock NOW.

I've worked at McDonald's for 15 years, eaten McDonald's food every day and sorry I haven't gained 25lbs. What it all boils down to is responsibility. Taking resposibility for what and how much you eat as well as how much phsyical activity if any you participate in. Pointing the finger and blaming fast food places rather McDonald's or not is just another way that we as a society can blame someone else for their poor choices. No one forces you to supersize your meal or to eat only fast food. If you stuff your face with 5,000 calories or more of any type of food and do the bare minimum of physical activity what can you expect. It is time for society to take responsibility for choices they make instead of trying to find someone else to blame and that is all this is trying to blame someone else for poor heath choices that someone has made.

I assume, Mindy, that you haven't seen the movie. I've been going to McDonalds at least a couple of times a week for years. And you're right. It was my choice. I would occasionally super-size but tried to keep it in moderation. Anyone must know that fast food is higher in calories and fat. What I and the rest of the world didn't know was that we were seeing only the tip of the iceberg. Who would have ever guessed that eating McDonalds would destroy your liver or that your cholesterol could jump 60 points in a few weeks? Does McDonalds have an obligation to the people who eat at their 'restaurant'? Absolutely! Common decency requires that they either tell you that they are going to kill you or to remove enough of the toxins from their food to make it safe for human consumption. Targeting children is criminal and unforgivable. Alex was right. Big Mac's are delicious but so is herion. Think about it, Mindy. As a McDonalds employee, what are you doing to children? To call it child abuse is to say that Hitler was techy. Have a nice day at work.

Spurlock's film overlooks one fascinating bit of scientific research...what we eat doesn't matter nearly as much as how much we eat. Our bodies treat all calories the same; if we eat fat, our liver can supply glucose, if we eat glucose, our liver can produce fats. Eating Mickey D's every day wouldn't be a problem if Americans could control their portions.

I agree with people taking responsibility for their choices. McDonald's is just an easy target and yet again someone else to blame instead of yourself. The fact is if you consume more than you burn you will get fat and along with that is increased health risks whether you eat at a fast food restaurant or not. About removing toxins from the foods we eat, unless you grow your own vegetables and raise your own beef ya there will be toxins hello pesticide. McDonald's is not the only corporation that advertises to young children so saying that because they do is criminal and unforgivable is just dumb. As far as the comment made to the employee of McDonald's about what she is doing to children is just as dumb. Again it boils down to choice. Comparing bringing your child in for a happy meal to child abuse is well the two aren't even comparable. Shame on you.
Choice, accountablility & responsibility. I think that we are living in a society where people are forgetting to teach their children as well as themselves about these basic things. But rather who can I blame for my choices other than myself today.

I've decided that this show "Supersize Me" is like the warning labels on cigarettes. While yes it might be informative, it isn't going to really change anything. We all know that smoking is hazardous to your health yet people still smoke. And yes people will continue to eat what and where they want. It is freedom of choice. People can and will have their personal views about the movie as long as we all remember that your beliefs are yours and mine are mine. Saying things to belittle others for the choices they make is wrong. After all they are their choices not yours.

The point of this movie is to show all fast food should not even be eated seldomly, it should NEVER be eaten. It is TOXIC. McDonalds and all the other fast food operations just care about their own bottom line, thats it. They really Don't actually care for their customers. Don't fall for the fast food companies propaganda. Case in point, it would cost MCDonalds too much money to make their food healthy and non-habit forming, thats why McDonalds makles sure their food stays the way it is, and thats why McDonalds is contributing to the obsesity problem in the USA.

Have you people read Fast Food Nation? This film and that book are not left-wing retoric as the food industry would like you to believe. The fact is, due to the incredible quantities of meat that fast food production requires, one tainted cow (e.g. mad cow disease)can taint the whole beef supply, and meat processors are considering using irradiation to treat this problem. Lets all have a good time eating irradiated meat while getting fat as hell at the same time. God bless America (and at this point, as I am in Ausralia, every other obese country on the planet

The difference in eating at Mc Donalds or eating at home is that at home you have to fix the meal yourself.You are what you eat.Limit yourself.So
Don't Super Size.

People just like fatty foods. McDonalds has tried to appeal to a more healthier group of consumers. They were unsuccesful with the McLean Deluxe. If we stopped eating their crappy food I know for sure they would change to a menu that brought them the most profit. If consumers demand nothing but sushi. You would see some crazy McCalifornia Rolls. But people who eat fast food aren't looking for healthy bland food. They want the same fatty food they have been eating their whole lives. Food portions are larger because commodity prices have fallen and the chains still get their profit. If everyone stops eating the fatty food they will be forced to give you what you want. They are business men. Ask for healthy food and they will give it to you.

I'm a manager at McDonald's and have worked here for over 2 years. McDonald's has had plans for the Go Active promotion for well over a year. The new healthy menu was also in the works long before the hype of this movie. It was in test markets almost 2 years ago so don't tell me that McDonald's is just starting this healthy eating promotion to attack this movie.

I haven't eaten at McDonalds since 1978, so it was very easy to watch this movie and say "yeah". But that doesn't mean I don't have french fries or onion rings once in a while. The enticing and addicting elements of highly sugared and fat-ladened foods, powered by heavy-duty marketing, is what has made ALL the major fast food chains what they are
today. We ARE being manipulated WITH our permission. Morgan Spurlock's drastic methodology to show the viewer how quickly our bodies can begin to break down when very bad choices are consistently made, is the perfect antithesis to the never-ending, in-your-face barrage of Mcmarketing. This film should be shown in every school and home across North America, McPronto.

I have some critical comments on the movie I would like to vent. I am not a McDonald's employee or a McDonald's stockholder. In fact, I do not work or have an interest in any of the fast food establishments. I probably eat in a fast food restaurant 5 times a year.

The movie was entertaining and humorous, but anyone who takes the results as fact needs to look at the analysis more carefully.

Mr. Spurlock's experiment had too many factors to attribute the entire cause of his poor health to McDonalds as the movie seems to do. I would argue that consuming 5,000 calories a day of just about anything with little or no activity would have adverse consequences.

What would the effect on a person be if they ate 5,000 calories of broccoli each day and did little to no physical activity? Too much of anything is not healthy, but does that mean that McDonald's is the cause?

It would be interesting to see what effect a 2,500 calorie McDonald's only diet would have on a person if they continued their normal physical activity.

You could also anaylze keeping the same diet and cutting off the physical activity. Perhaps that is a major contributor to his deteriorating health.

Another thing I would like to point out for the critically minded, is the soda discussion. First, soda distributed from a fountain is generally more watered down than soda from a 2-Liter bottle. Additionally, the amount of liquid in a cup is decreased greatly by the ice. If you order a "small" soda in France, they give it to you with no ice (or maybe a cube or two). That should be factored into any comparison.

Finally, how is obesity measured. Is someone that is 5'8" and 200 pounds obese? According to the BMI (Body mass index), which only looks at height and weight, that person would be obese. Shouldn't we analyze body fat percentage or some other factors to determine obesity? It does not seem that other factors are taken into account in calculating obesity in the U.S. So, is 5'8", 200 pounds obese? Well, Barry Sanders rushed for 2,053 yards in the NFL at that height and weight. He did not look obese to me. But, I am not an "obesity expert".

I agree with many of the things presented by Mr. Spurlock in his movie. It is good to have these discussions and people should know the consequences of their decisions and have the appropriate information to make those decisions. In my opinion, what should be taken away from this movie is that too much of anything can be bad for you, physical activity is good for you and listed to your doctor about your diet.

I used to dance six hours a day and I gained 8 pounds in one year from eating fast junk food. I ended up passing out on stage! I felt weak and I decided to eat mainly vegetables and I stopped eating meat. I have continued to live this way for fifteen years now. I haven't danced in 8 years and I am 10 pounds less without working out!!! I also feel more energetic and alive!!!!

Beyond the point of seeing MacDonald's as simply a poor diet choice, has anyone looked at the fast and processed food industry as a whole? I don't eat any of that garbage to begin with and after waking up to alot of the heinous sh*t that these corporations do I refuse to eat anything but organic. Wake up and smell the double-mocha latte. This goes far beyond burgers and colas. Very large global interests would have us eating GMO'ed, over-processed crap at all of our meals with far more impact to our bodies and environment. then most people could fathom. I may not be the most articulate person on the subject but if I can open my eyes to what's going on so can others.

Can't wait for "SuperSize Me" to open up in Calgary. I'll post an opinion when i've viewed it on the 28th.

I am also a Manager at McDonalds, and a few years back we tried using Low fat items on our sandwiches. Like our mayo, mac sauce and tartar sauce without telling the public. And believe it or not we got a ton of complaints that our sandwiches didn't taste right. So we have tried to lower the consumers fat intake but thats not what they want. Ultimately, you choose what you put in your own mouth.

We do all have to choose what we eat, what you see here is the corporate way of doing business, they dont care if its not good for you aslong as you pay they will keep making it,from tobacco to alcohol its the way things are nowadays IF YOU WANT TO EAT HEALTHY NOW YOU BETTER MAKE IT YOURSELF, not just fast food either people instant foods, diet foods loaded in sodium, they sell cookies telling you its low in fat but loaded in carbs. I feel in life that to lose is to fall for the crap they want to fill you full of what ever it may be, and there's alot of people that are getting full of this crap,you need to open your eyes, ears and most importantly your mind if you want to live with out losing your life to the crap they want you to be full of look around people they dont care

I realize that it would be impossible to eat 5,000 calories of broccoli Sadhana. But, you understand the point. The movie is not proposing that everyone become a Vegan. It is merely stating that McDonald's is extremely bad for you. My argument is that if you eat more than you need (regardless of type of food), it is not good for you. I am also saying that failing to do any physical activity is very bad for you. Your body is also very adaptable and will tell you if you need or don't need certain things. Morgan chose to ignore what his body was telling him. Even if he were on the Atkins diet or becoming a Vegan, if he ignored his body's signals, he could get sick.

Sadhana, that is great that you are a Vegan. I am sure you are very healthy (but perhaps a little anorexic). If you are on a crusade to convert people to becoming Vegans, good luck. Feel free to start up a restaurant chain serving only Vegan food. Maybe you will be successful. Heck, I would try it and if I liked the taste, I would be a frequent visitor.

The great thing about this country is that you are able to make choices. We don't live in a communist country. (Although perhaps Kosta would prefer if it were, putting age restrictions on food purchases???) McDonald's hasn't purchased all the restaurants and supermarkets in the country and refused the sale of any food that is not McFatty.

Everyone has fallen for this so-called brain washing argument. Are the Vegan's posting here that much smarter than everyone else for being able to choose not to eat McDonald's even though they were subject to "a barrage of mind manipulation for the masses". Or as Kosta states, "bombarding you 3 or 4 times per hour during Saturday morning cartoons". I choose to only eat fast food 4-5 times a year. Does that make me a genius?

If so, then I say, it's all part of natural selection. I don't want people to procreate who can have their minds manipulated so easily. I hope their lives are shorter.

If not, then any one can make the choice whether or not to eat food that is healthy. Should we as a society eliminate all food that does not qualify under certain people's "healthy" standards?

And doesn't all of this really come back to good parenting? Providing your kids healthy meals at home. Packing the kids a healthy lunch (if not every day, then a couple of days a week). Encouraging kids to exercise and providing avenues for a healthy lifestyle?

The majority of people who eat in a fast food restaurant do not believe they are getting a healthy meal. Of course, it is high in fat and low in nutrients. However, we love the way it tastes. And if I want to eat it 5 times a year or 5 times a week, I like it the way I like it. I pay the corporation for the way it tastes. I don't want it changed. If society collectively decided that they did not like the way McDonald's tastes or that the tradeoff of taste for health is not worth it, they can vote like a true capitalist - with their wallets!

"Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." -Dennis Miller

Mindy made the comment that she's been a McDonalds employee for 15 years. She further asserts that in those 15 years, she eaten the food on a regular, almost daily basis; and she claims that she hasn't gained 25 pounds.
So what she's trying to tell us is that she's weighed the same for 15 years. If she started at McDonalds as, say, a 16 year old, then she's now around the age of 31. She's trying to tell us that at 31 years old, she weighs the same as she did at the age of 16? Absurd! I'll not even get into the fact that working in the fast-food industry for 15 years is, in my opinion, sad.

Dearest Mandallore & Matthew,

I offer the most respectful of view and comment with respect to your otherwise juvenile and irreverant posts. Though there are a few threads here (mind the fact, this blog belongs to none of us) that are just simply off topic. I advise the two of you to save face, and simply allow the people before you who posted here to make fools of themselves by introducing subject matter that isn't relavent to the issue at hand.

Please, don't get me wrong. I've been so unnerved by the ignorance of others at times that I too would have been guilty of just cursing them out. Though, in reality, you don't catch much attention when you do this.

But I do wish the two of you luck, and dignity.

-Rob

why was the go active plan introduced only 2 years ago ? aren't clowns scary?

Kudos To M.S...We Westerners (and Yanks in particular) are self absorbed, self indulgent, greedy, glutonous and all in all a decadent society, all fast food (mainly the globally imperialistic McDonalds)is total 100% garbage!!! Any self respecting consumer shouldn't and wouldn't eat it! GO veggie instead, it's better for yourself, the environment and I think most importantly the animals...anyway I'm really on a left wing type rant Peace!

I think people focus too much on calories and the assumption that fast or processed food is only damaging in excess. I lost 75lb eating over 4,000 calories per day(about 50% caories from fat), no exercise other than living in NYC and a sedentary job. I was, however, eating 100% raw food, all vegan. I also rid myself of many ailments. Quality as well as quantity must be addressed.

It's not the excessiveness of food that is damaging to the body. I assume that we've absorbed that thought from our upbringing. It is the types of food and the combinations of foods.

Your body responses to everything. The air you breathe, the sounds you hear and of course the foods you eat. The moment someone farts what do you do? What is your response to the smell? It's an automatic response to take cover. Unless you fart all the time or otherwise stink excessively and don't notice these smells.

Anyway, the food we consume doesn't have to be in excess for it to be harmful to us. Excessive is measured in, for those who want simplicity, amount, if the amount of food causes damage, divide the food and the damage done, since consumption, and guess what you have.

Sickness over time. You can't blame McD's or anyone, because it was done over time. Think about it. Our food choices, mixing of foods, well, are killing us. This is just one area of discussion.

Ross – you betrayed your ignorance with the first line of your post. Anything you said after that lost a lot of credibility. Then you admitted to being 14 and it all made sense. But, I agree with most of what you say. I eat healthy except for the handful of times a year when I get a craving for some Mickey D fries or a quarterpounder with cheese. I work out 4-5 times a week and my doctor says I am in perfect health.

I wish I had 5-7 hours a day to ride a bike, but I have to work for a living. You know, a family to support and all that… Some day you will learn about REAL responsibility and hopefully you will have the drive to stay in shape and continue to eat healthy.

Kosta – my comparison to communism is that the more restrictions the government puts on our lives and big brother controls what we can and can not do, the less freedoms we enjoy. I realize that, as a Canadian, you are jaded because your country has no world control and is merely a puppet of the U.S. However, citizens of the United States of America like our freedoms. I would argue that age restrictions on cigarettes and alcohol are unnecessary as well (as long as parents do their jobs), but that is another argument for another day.

With regard to age restrictions on food, how would you determine which food should be restricted? Sure “fast food” can be bad for you, but there are many different types of food that are bad for you. Heck, too much red meat is bad for you. Dairy is bad for some people. Candy is bad for your teeth (says my dentist). If you attempt to only include “fast food”, which companies would be included? How about Sizzler, Ponderosa, Big Boy? All chains? How would you enforce this restriction? The places and times for sale of alcohol and tobacco are limited. Would you limit how and where food could be sold?

There are laws that are over-inclusive. These laws result in restricting people or businesses that should not be covered. Aren’t there better ways to achieve the result you are seeking? And really, doesn’t this come back to my initial post and initial question – how bad is this food for people, really? As a society, we make decisions all the time based on the amount of risk we are willing to accept.

I also agree with you that a supply of information in order to make informed decisions is essential. However, if McDonald’s has to provide this information, so should Peter Luger’s steakhouse in Brooklyn and each local diner, every restaurant, actually. Like I have said, for most people it won’t matter. They are choosing McDonald’s for the taste and are not concerned about the health aspects. 4-5 new stores are opening because of demand for the easy, tasty food. If a healthy alternative were offered that tasted as good, perhaps people would choose it. Like I said to Sadhanna, if you want to open a Vegan or healthy fast-food chain, I will try it and if I like the taste, I will be a frequent visitor.

There is one last point I would like to make. This whole discussion is irrelevant for Vegans. They wouldn’t eat at McDonald’s anyway. It does not matter if they provided 100% natural ground beef from a cow killed that day in the store. It would not matter if the buns were baked fresh in the restaurant and included only natural ingredients. It would not make a difference if only natural vegetables grown with no pesticides were added to the burgers from on-site gardens. If McDonald’s did all of this and then put a label on each burger listing each “ingredient”, they would not eat it. There could be multiple postings all over the store about the fat content, cholesterol content, etc. Vegans would not eat it. So, what is their argument here – close down all McDonald’s and all restaurants that sell meat? I am not getting into that argument, it is too ridiculous for my time.

Wow! I am truly amazed (and pleased) by the controversy this movie has caused. Why do so many of you insist on bashing each other to make your point? People will believe what they want to. I'd just like to add that as a Canadian/American vegan- I don't appreciate the biased criticisms. I've been a vegan for 5 years, and a vegetarian for 12, and I am 5'4'' and 130 pounds- not at all anorexic! In Toronto and New York, where I live, there are several vegetarian and healthy option restaurants. I suggest you stay out of Mc Donald's and find one with REAL healthy options. I’ll also add, that as a teacher of young kids, I am often shocked at the lunches parents send their kids to school with. Some drink soda; eat a mini bag of chips, and a few crème filled cookies for lunch! I'll never take away recess from a kid again!
I loved the movie, and I hope more people will act as role models for their children after viewing it!

You have all intrigued me into seeing the movie.

IF you want to be really healthy and dramaticly reduce your chances of getting cancer, or heart disease (the most common cause of death in canada and the US) you should start eating alot less dairy and meat products (none if possible) and start eating more fruits, veggies, nuts, grains. Just make sure you drink soy milk with b12 and/or take vitamins with b12 in it and youl be much much more healthy and you wont have to worry about being fat.

I know it might seem like a dramatic and imposible thing to do cutting out all meat and dairy, but I did it (except for some products which contain some dairy and egg) If i can do it... anyone can ;)

McDonald's products (I hesitate to call it food) is boring, predictable, artless, and carelessly prepared by overweight zit infested loser teenagers, and is mainly consumed by trailer park trash! Supersize Me is a godsend.

This movie is making people think about the consequences of their diet; is that so wrong?

McDonalds faz mal e é mesmo!!!!

i work at a macdonald rest,they are everything in the movie PLUS they abuse their employees,most of their employees do not work with them for more then 6 months,i am ready to respond with a lot of more details
unlucky employee of the fast food chain

I am a boy from Austria (yes right thats in good old Europe) and want to tell you a short and funny story. So, maybe I can have your attentions for the next few seconds :O)

It all started in summer 2001 when me and a good friend of mine graduated at University. We decided to take a two-week trip to Greece to reward our success and go for some adventures with girls. We arrived at Ios and the whole island was crowded with young people from all over America.
The girls where openminded and really handsome. We had a lot of fun with those people. But what was incredible was the size of this young people and the way the lived with their body. Most of them where extraordinary fat and for them it was totally ok to be like that. Where we come from, beeing that fat.. your are somehow pretty poor because noone finds that attractive or even sexy. But these American guys loved that fat girls. For me it was like another world - the world of fat people just knowning fat people and loving fat people. I was happy arriving back to normality after this two supersize weeks.

Bottomline is Morgan wants money for his docudrama reality movie. He is just as self-serving as the corporation he opposes, in fact he should be secretly thanking them for giving he something to film. I can't really take his sensationalist movie too seriously partly because it's coming from the creator of "I bet you will" the hit MTV show where they bet you will do gross or f'd up sh*t for none other that the all mighty dollar. Because that what it all about my friends, not helping people open their eyes to the inherently unhealthiness of the food at McDonald's.

To jordan,

While it is true the body's net response to calories is the same regardless of what type of calorie is injested, you have not mentioned a very important aspect of this process.

The body has a priority in consuming different types of calories based on ease of converting them into energy. Protein is the easiest, followed by carbs then fats. In a big mac with fries you are going to get enough protein and carbs to give your body short term energy and it will more than likely start storing all that excess fat.

While the body can convert protein into fat, it basically never does because our diets dont require it to. Fat is very easily stored as fat.

Read more about this topic here:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/calorie.htm

It is very important to note that protein and carbohydrates are a far healthier source of calories. You can keep caloric intake low and not gain the weight, but you'll be putting terrible stresses on your body's organs in the long run.

this "man" is not showing the truth and is damaging a good name and should be sued for lible and slander

In regards to the broccoli vs. McDonalds comments, it comes down the fact that Americans ARE eating way more than the 2000 calorie recommended allowance (whatever type of food that may be) each day and NOT exercising. That's why 60% of Americans are fat, bottom line. And corporations, not just McDonalds, are not helping by ingraining Supersize Me into peoples' brains. The whole point of the movie is prove to people that this is a real problem. Morgan laid the facts on the line in hopes that corporations and people will work together to stop this horrible epedemic. We are killing ourselves. It's too bad that he used McDonalds as an example b/c now everyone wants to rush to blame them, when we are all to blame for being such hungry money grubbing pigs.

elmar thick girls rule!!! Sorry if your european i want to date kate moss butt can't handle them. All Americans are fat and lazy in your eyes anyway. So go back to Austria and taught some more fatties into social disfuction.

Visitors to McDonald's restaurants in Greece during the Olympic Games can enjoy a local favorite called the "Greek Mac sandwich."

The popular "Greek Mac sandwich" which consists of two juicy burgers wrapped in a soft pita with yogurt sauce, tomato slices, iceberg lettuce and fresh onions. You read this part up top but, this is what was let out. Since its introduction in November 2001 at McDonald's restaurants in Greece, this Mediterranean favorite has crossed borders and is now enjoyed in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus and Portugal. While
I understand the reasoning behind your argument when you just leave facts out to support your claim it really deminishes the argument's effectiveness.

Being a Brit visiting the US last month, I was AMAZED at the size of the portions of food that's served up in fast food chains and restaurants.

Most of the time I ate half of my food and asked for 'doggies bags' which I subsequently did not eat.

I think it's a real waste of resources and money.

Why don't they reduce the size of the portions they give out? Surely that would help also.

If you don't like McDonalds, don't eat there. If you have kids who are being advertised to by McDonalds, don't take them there. Simple.

This movie was fabulous. You have to see it to believe it. It's too bad that the film didn't allow enough time to tell the audience how Morgan's girlfriend detoxed him. While the medical personnel advised Morgan that his cholesterol level and triglycerides were off the charts after just one month of eating this wretched food, no mention was made of exactly how this was achieved. I wonder if his girlfriend had him on a rigid diet of vegetables and juicing in the initial phase of his detoxification from the McDiet.

This was an incredible film that made me question a lot of my own food choices, and, hopefully, will do so for others. Bravo, too, for putting Mr Robbins, the author of Diet For A New America up close and personal. Hopefully this movie will generate some publicity and interest in this man's message - he's truly a humanitarian with one agenda and one agenda only: each of us has the right to live as healthfully and happily as possible, without doing so at the expense of any other sentient being.

Read his book!

I am overweight. I have about 20-30 pounds to loose. I can't blame the fast food places that I goto! My 14 hr a day job doesn't leave me much time to eat. If I can, I'll send someone to pick my food up (I'm addicted to work). It's my fault. I could pack a lunch. I could pack a dinner. Having food that tastes good and made FAST comes at a price. The price isn't that $3.00 I spend, it's what happens to my body. I smoke, and if I get lung caner from it, it is again, my own fault. I won't blame others for my misfortunes that I brought upon myself.

If I speed down the road, loose control and hit a pole, I won't blame the pole. We Americans have to stop blaming everyone else for our problems. Why blame an industry for allowing ourselves to make a bad decision? Last I checked, alcohol is still readily available.

If an car maker designs a car, the car gets reviewed by the NHTSA for safety ratings. If you make food, you post the Nutrition Facts. The warnings are there! We already know the problem, but we ignore it and then blame everyone else.

Again, my weight is a problem to me. I BLAME ME! The only one who can change it is me. I like to have free will, don't you? I don't want every unhealty thing taken away from me. My car, my computer, and even the internet are all ways for me to avoid physical work.

If we want to be perfectionists, let's ban all cars, computers, telephones, televisions, movies (including this one), etc... It will never happen. We like to be lazy.

Besides, when you went see the movie, didn't you get any popcorn with all the butter and salt on it? Think about it. Did the ticketing agent tell you that you had to get that popcorn and candy to watch the movie? Probably not.

As far as targeting children, I agree that it is not very moral. But that's the theme, isn't it? Children are exposed and targeted to the worst chemically engineered snack food on TV all the time. McDonald's just so happens to be a chain restaurant. No one made a movie about that stupid kangaroo that has those chemical "graham crackers" that you can dip into a frosting. And if McDonald's didn't exist, I'm more than certain that a similar film would be created attacking another major firm.

We live in a "sink or swim" business world. There are no moral questions asked. The only one asked is, "Will it sell?"

Just remember, McDonald's didn't trick us. Our weight and what we eat (aside from certain circumstances) is our own doing. If you have a complaint about McDonald's food, don't eat there! It's not rocket science, IT'S LIFE!

I have read both sides of the argument over and over again and here is my two cents.

Firstly, eating 5000 calories a day is obviously going to be bad for you no matter what you eat.

With that having been said, all these marketing schemes involving "Big kid's meals" and "Supersizing" is done with a complete disregard for fast food resteraunt customers health.

Pricing buckets of soda and mountains of salty greasy frenchfries at pennies more than the standard size meal and then constantly bliking you into going for it is just an issue that can't be defended by the "free choice" argument.

Let people order a second portion if they want to get obese, don't call two or three meals worth of calories a "single serving."

As a vegetarian I by far recieve more pleasure NOT eating the bullshit that is McDonalds and by not contributing to cruelty to animals, exploitation of teenage employees, farmers, the environment, the potential of heart disease, stroke, obesity, cancer, diabetes, and other lethal health problems caused by McDonald's and other fast food...than by eating their chemically processed toxic shit food! With the release of Super Size Me, which I thank Morgan Spurlock for, I think that McDonald's is going to be in serious trouble when the masses go to see this great film. People will see the unfortunate truth and will not tolerate it. Maybe godwilling we may even see Mcdonald's go bankrupt in our lifetime.

Has anyone here actually thought about this ENTIRELY? He ate McDonalds every day...yes, he stoped walking as much right? ok he did these things to be more like the AVERAGE AMERICAN. Not as you may think, to empasize the McD's. Another thing that didn't get pointed out in the movie is something i think is VERY important. You can have a 6 pack and all that crap and have a Ticker thats full of fat. Look at the California Gov. Arnold. If I remember correctly he had something like a Quadruple Bypass a few years back. think about that

I agree that eating 5000 calories worth of anything per day is not going to be good for you. Being healthy is about eating in moderation and having a balanced diet that is low in saturated fat and low in foods with a high glycemic index.

But how easy it is to eat 5000 calories worth of Mc Donald's and not even feel full. Try the same with fruit or vegetables and see how you go. Chances are, its going to be a whole lot more difficult and a lot less pleasant. Try it and get back to me.
Being an Aussie, we are right up there with all the other 'fat' nations. Shame on you Mc Donald's

ABT: There was no argument involved from my side. I just placed the fact (and it is a fact) that Americans (in average) are fat. And it is also a fact that (in average) Americans are somehow extreme in the sense that cant do anything in moderation (not just a bit of work workoholics, not just a bit of food tons of food, not just a bit of sucess total sucess, not just a bit of war total war unil the boody end (!), extreme kapitalism, extreme sports, extreme etcetcetc.) Back to normal - that is what you guyz do have to relearn.

C'mon now... All of this is spawned from a lazy fatass filing a lawsuit against none other than McDonalds. I can't believe that something so inane has started such controversy. If you're fat, get off your pimply ass and do something about it or shut the hell up. I know it's a tough choice, but hell, even I do it and I'm a lazy schmuck. All in all I think that most Americans are fatassed whiners to say the least. It's almost as if you want everyone to actually believe that you have to find someone else to put your problems on, otherwise you're a half assed American. I don't think McDonalds should be forced to play mommy and daddy and monitor what the beef stuffed hungry monsters of today eat and therefor is not accountable for the effects of their service [because I personally wouldn't call a McDonalds hamburger a product]. If it takes a motherfucking disclaimer at the bottom of the menu, then so be it.

*ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THIS MENU EATEN IN EXCESS MAY CAUSE OBESITY/STUPIDITY/AND UGLINESS. PLEASE ORDER RESPONSIBLY.

Check out this thread at IMDB.

Debunking the Debunkers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390521/board/nest/8341545

All they care about is money... Have you noticed the recent influx of low carb and atkins friendly things? It's because once the public begins to catch on to something (i.e. health issues surrounding fast food besides the high calories and grease) and in order to keep up business they step it up one. All it takes is one person to publicly denounce something and the companies will step it up, again.

Oh, and if you guys like this movie I suggest "Fast Food Nation"

something the movie didn't cover is that, in some places, fast food places are either only affordable choice for low-income people or(worse) the ONLY choice, period. When was teh last time you were at a travel plaza or rest stop and didn't bring lunch with you? While personal responsibility is indeed a virtue which more people need to practice on a regular basis in their eating habits, the corporate structure has made this all but impossible in many areas of the country.

as a kid, i had to be in the school lunch progrm, because my family didn't have enough money. it was comprised of boxed, processed foods many of which were deep fried-- fried chicekn nuggets, pizza, fries, hash browns, grilled cheez, and so forth,. this was in the illustrious eighties, when Reagan declared ketchup(fructose corn syrup and corn syrup=sugar) to be an official "vegetable"- and my school took it to heart! Sometimes we got fruit- canned fruit, that is, swimming in a sea of syrup. The vegetables were canned,too, and swam in a soggy, oddly-flavored substance, and may also have had sugar in them- at all events, they were sometimes not even included. A perfect example of someone(me) not being able to make a responsible food choice because of proximity and income! Well, that was pretty much all i had to eat, a little cereal at breakfast, and a meat, veggie and potato for dinner-- and By the time i was twelve i was FAT, and not happy about it, let me tell you! I would have given the earth to be able to have a salad with that horrible meal- i had read in my burgeoning teenager-hood about what girls should eat so as not to be the complete ridicule of their peers. But my only other choices were to not eat, or to try and get food from classmates, who wouldn't associate with me, because i was "the fat girl".

this is, of course an extreeme example. but lesser versions repeat themselevs daily. huge corporations control the food supply. their first and only responsibility is to make a profit for their shareholders. As they glut the market with quick-seilling nastiness, it gets harder and harder to make a "Responsible choice" because fewer and fewer are available to everyone(except yuppies who can afford to go to whole foods)--

Bravo to "Super Size Me"! As a health food enthusiast my whole life it brings me great joy to see the Mega-McDonald Empire brought down a few definite notches. I am in total agreement with Morgan's research and am thrilled that he took on that assignment. May he attain as much money and fame as good 'ol Ronald himself and may he continue to spred the word that "you are what you eat."

Hi, I've been working at a McDonald's for 3 years now and I am a manager for a store in Fort Frances Ontario Canada. When I started working for McDonald's, I weighed close to 320lbs and had close to no daily physical activity. Thanks to my employment at McDonald's, just the neccessary activity required to do my job allowed me to sustain my weight without gaining anymore, and since January by eating only McDonald's food, I have lost 40 pounds and I am continuing to lose.

How did I do this? By using common sense and realizing that deep fried chicken nuggets are probably not as healthy as grilled chicken, that a super sized fry is not as healthy as a side garden salad, and a bottled water is much more healthy then a large Coke. All McDonald's nutritional information is available at every McDonald's and new menu items that are not in the nutrional information books are available by asking the shift manager. YOU choose what you want to eat, and since McDonald's has many low fat, low carb, low calorie options...it is up to you to choose what you put into your mouth. I personally am cutting back on my carbs, so I order a salad or a grill chicken patty with cheese and mayonaise on it (yes you can order just patties, or just lettuce, or tomatoes...JUST ASK!).

Upselling menu items to customers such as asking to super size is used mostly to help customers remember something they may have forgotten to order. For example, if someone ordered a Quarter Pounder...you would probably be asked if you wanted the meal (and over 50% of the people who order say yes to this question because they plain and simply don't know how to place an order...DON'T ASSUME WE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!) This eliminates possibility of a mistake in a customers order and leads to greater customer satisfaction. So if you don't want your meal super sized...then it's up to you to say no...and McDonald's shouldn't be held responsible for your choice.

The bottom line here is, the only way to lose weight is more energy out, less energy in, and the key to maintaing your weight with any food is moderation. Remember the good ol' food pyramid.

its a sad state of affairs when people have to be told by their goverment that they're a fat bunch of bastards. Every fat person i have ever met has moaned about their size one minute, and is shoving crisp, chocolate, and burgers down their mouths the next. i have no sympathy whatsoever for them.

I am still trying to figure out how any intelligent person can blame any fast food chain (cigarette company) for their bad choices. Get real. We ALL know what foods are good or bad for us. People are fat because THEY take no personal responsibility for THEIR health!

I'm all for being able to make choices regarding the types of food I eat. And I am also all for being able to have the choice to view films, read books, Web sites, etc. that inform me as to the content of the foods I choose to eat and the consequences of eating them. And let me tell you, after seeing SUPERSIZE ME, I'll never eat at McDonald's again. What everybody else chooses to do, I couldn't care less. It's their choice, isn't it?

After living in America practically all my life, I've being living in Europe for almost a year now. The first thing I noticed when I arrived, was that there are almost NO fat people here, and they too have Mc Donald's and all kind of fast food. They too have constant comercials and you can find a fast food place every few yards.
The diference: the consumer's CHOICE. If you go to a McD's here in Europe you will see lots of people with salads or consuming the fewer calories items of the menu.
It is true that most children LOVE to go for a Happy Meal, specialy for the included toy, but it is our resposibility as parents to control what our children eat. As a parent, I like to take my child to McD's, but not every day, not even every week. I reserve the trip to the place for special ocations, or if we are out and have no other place to go.

I think the problem America has more fat people is more a cultural issue, rather than the fast food industy at all. You can see plenty of healthy choices on food courts in Americans malls these days.
You should also try their salads, they are realy good!

Steven Klem's insane assertion that the continual nagging to supersize or upsize, or to ask if we want "fries with that", is to remind the consumer about something they may have forgotten to order or to enhance their customer satisfaction, is yet another example of towing company policy.
If I go out, and on the odd event that I go to McSpews for something, I order what I want and nothing else. If I want only a burger, that's all I'll ask for. I don't assume you know what I want, that is why I open my mouth, when asked, and politely state exactly what I want.

This McDonalds attitude to sales is invading everywhere here in Australia. Try going to a cinema and ordering snacks. I don't care if it only costs 30 cents extra, I only asked for the small drink, not the 2 litres because Lord of the Rings goes for over three hours. I am only one medium stature man, not some 200 kg behemouth with a severe need for excess carbs, so please just give me the small popcorn I asked for, and not insist that I need the industrial sized bucket. I go to these places, and realise that managment and company mantra dictates that larger and more expensive items and portions should be pushed, but really? Where is basic commonsense and courtesy?

I think this movie has the right idea but it is wrong to attack McDonalds to the degree that they do. I also work for MsDonalds as a manager and we are told to incorporate McDonald into a healthy diet, which in fact most McDonalds employees do. It is ignorant to think that McDonalds has responded soley to this movie. If fact the company has been researching and testing healthy options for some time. To suggest that an organisation could do this in three weeks is ridiculous. I respect that McDonalds has an obligation to help minimise the obesity epidemic in western countries this is the veiw of the company both morally and strategicaly however in reality this movie has been turned into "mcDonalds bashing"!! This may not be the intention of the creator however it is the message that people who have not and probably will not see the movie are hearing. It is a discrace that Mcdonalds has been targeted when they are often the market leaders in areas such as responsible food choices. Fast food is not the only aspect of this equation. In response to targeting children this shows ignorance. Children do not drive themselves to restraunts. McDonalds targets the parents by providing a "child friendly" atmosphere and are working on the choices in "Happy meals". So to all of you "bagging McDonalds" if you really want to reverse obesity you need to support McDonalds in its efforts to change and become more socially responsible instead of barring the restraunt eat there and show your suppport just order the salad and not the mac and fries. society and their demands can change the problem

I stop eating at McDonalds when I was 8. I'd rather eat turd than McDonalds. At least it natural, not made of plastic and laxative. We should fight these reataurants out of our coutries and lead them back to america, the land of the fat, where they belong. No one needs these imperialist invaders. We are all getting too much american food and tv. I don't want my country to become fat and stupid as america is.

I am reading these posts and becoming inflamed. You cannot speak about this topic until you have seen the movie. The film does not blame McDonalds for anything. Morgan Spurlock is making a film about changing our mindset. Why isn't every parent in America up in arms over the commentary he makes about public school cafeterias? Because most of you have not seen it! I am a grown person and I am responsible for what I eat the film does not contradict this fact whatsoever but it does point out how profit weighs in more heavily than the health of the wealthiest nation in the world. McDonalds I'm guessing would be thrilled if we all ate three times a day every day but would they take responsibility for the effects of eating their fast food diet as I surely must? It is not difficult to make foods offered healthy but they have chosen over the years to do otherwise and now someone has something to say about it. No blame here just the facts.

Spurlock made this film in light of the people that were sueing McDonalds over the fact that they were fat and refused to take responsiblity for their own actions. This is not an attack on McDonalds, he merely wanted to point out what most of us already know: that eating fatty foods and not exersizing WILL make you fat. That and it is always easier to blame someone else for our mistakes.

Super Size is the American way!

So is being a greedy, arrogant, decadent, materialistic suv driving, nike shoe wearing, Big Mac eating, flag wagging, capitalist SHITHEAD!

lots of appealing to the crowd. i have a hard time believing that anyone engage in debate here will actually make any change. it is more like just statements of personal choice for group approval. we all just want to be loved. (ever had a theological argument, does anyone ever change beliefs?)

i think the movie was particularly decent in that it refrained from an abundance of antagonistic tactics that are more typical of other movies in this particular genre. there will always be people opposed to any opinion. and i think that when we are confronted with an abundance of social dilemnas, to make a point you have to use a sledgehammer - politicians do this all the time.

finally, this is about personal choice and responsibility as much as it is about people making money at the expense of others. what is the one thing we are all good at when faced with difficulty - it is blaming someone else.

If McDonalds is innocent - what have they got to hide and why are they so pissed off!! WORK IT OUT - its attacking society's lifestyle as a whole and human consumption and mcdonalds is pissed off about it thats for sure.

oh and i havent seen the movie yet so yeh...

I used to know this really nice skinny kid,now she eats mcdonalds every week,she weighs almost as much as I do, I'm in %th grade, and this kid is like half my height

I know this really nice skinny kid,now she eats mcdonalds every week,she weighs almost as much as I do, I'm in 5th grade, and this kid is like half my height

Dear ladies and gentlemen.

I indeed am a former Mcdonalds junkie (no this isn't another vegan comment, although at one point I was vegan for a short while but gave it up do to my love of milk.)

For most of my life, I have been heavy. And I'm not talking like "oh extra 10 pounds" heavy. I'm talking like my last year of high school I was about 100 pounds heavier than I was suppose to be for my height (around 5'6). And I've made some unhealthy choices, but what it all boils down to is what you have time for. My mother was in the military and hardly ever home, and my father between working and teaching (he's a former golf pro) had little time to cook. So of course I grew up on Mcdonalds. I loved it. The toys and the Happy Meals it was fun. And I was a lazy kid and of course gained more weight than I should have.

I guess the point of this post is. This may or may not be a good/amusing/factful film but it IS our choices that make us who we are, and nobody wants to take responsibility for this. I don't think also any human being would actually eat Mcdonalds 3 times a day unless they never went home, and why would they when we have SO many more options out there now? (Arby's, Burger King, Wendy's)

It had been about a year and a half since I've had Mcdonalds up until about 2 weeks ago when I chomped down on a Fish sandwhich and some fries and became very ill feeling from the food. No matter how much I love the food, I'm never going back.

Actually, you vegan guys are right. I'm a total wanker who shouldn't get off on insulting 14-year old kids and use off-topic alarmist statements by suggesting that any government organized health initiative are likely communist plots. I have seen the light, found God, and now I'm going to eat some sprouts. I love you all.

I agree totally with the hooking of kids. I'm in high school, and I tried doing this kinda diet, more of a health food thing actually. When I was in my cafeteria trying to find something healthy, all I saw was water. There are no more healthy choices in schools!

As my friend says, "Can you please fat-american size that?"

i use to love mc's like all kids now im 20 and really just don't like the taste any more if i wasn't so brain washed as a litte kid i probley woulnt have had it at all. i think that commericals with toy encouraging kids to eat mc's is wrong. if a adult choose to eat it and become unhealthy well that is their chooice but kids shouldn't be brain washed and lured into the store with clowns, toys and playgrounds.

"Do we want our children to be fat little tubs of lard sitting on the couch playing Video Games? I think NOT! We should be setting an example and show children what types of eating habits to have" - Lynda

Lynda, why drag video games into this? I'd rather a child play video games that involves puzzle solving, and challanges than watch mindless T.V, if they're going to be sitting on their butt.

The only people who seem to complain about video games, are the ones who are unkowledgeable about them. If you understood that gaming is very much different then just simply watching T.V. maybe you'd think twice.

Oh also, using terms like "a fat tub of lard", makes you look insensitive and pig-headed. Would it kill you to have a modicrum of respect for other's feelings. I imagine your children would grow up to be a bully, based on your example here.

McCyst. EWWWW! That has to be the grossest story I've heard. Just for even daring to eat that, I think your friend has a chance at being on Ripley's Belive it or Not. Or a talk show, "I survived the McCyst, and am living proof!" LoL

GUYS, please stop missing the point about Super Size Me. Morgan is showing the choices that many americans are making on a daily basis and the consequences that those choices beget. He risked his health to show people who eat regularly at Mcdonalds how it does effect someone's health, both mentally and physically.
Some people have been eating fast food their whole lives and thus cannot see the exact effects it has had on them because it was gradual.However, this does not mean that they have not also gained some of the health problems that Morgan did.
Let me share a revelation with you: when I went to boarding school in the Midwest, I had only 7 restaurants in my town, most of which were fast food. Being a broke student, i frequented these places maybe once or twice every two to three weeks. During this time of my life, ( about 4 years) I had some serious emotional problems that most people would equate with being related to my 'horomones' changing as I was getting older.
A few months ago, I underwent several colonic sessions and a cleansing fast ( I was doing this under supervision and was consuming food in liquid form, ie soups, drinks, etc.). One day during this process I began to feel very unhappy and overreactive. This is not how I usually am, so I was indeed perplexed. When it got severe, I spoke with my colon therapist and she said that many people have similar side effects when their body is ridding itself of toxins.
Strangely enough, the emotions I felt then were EXACTLY how I was feeling during my boarding school days when I was eating junk food.
So, think what you will of this, but realize that a proper diet IS something that the average American lacks and their is no excuse for making oneself ill just to enjoy the sheer please of a Big Mac.

OK, let's stop with the urban legend crap. It's impossible to find a cyst (or a tumor as the story usually goes) in a McChicken sandwhich.

Why?

Because the McChicken is a *processed* meat. IE, even if such a thing did get past the inspectors (It may be crap, but its still gotta meet usda standards), it'd be processed and destroyed so you wouldn't notice it.

BTW, I got this info from http://www.topsecretrecipes.com in the "urban legends" section. Fun site.

The black plague was an epidemic. Overeating McDonalds and getting fat is stupid. How do you cure stupidity? Knowlege! This documentary was the best thing and everyone should see it. If McDonalds sells something that kills you, you should know that and not eat it. It will only kill you if you eat too much, anyways. He ate Mcdonalds THREE MEALS A DAY, for A MONTH! That is DISGUSTING! NO ONE should EVER have to do that or do that again! It's not McDonalds responisbility to change it's menu, it's OUR responsibility as people to know that a Milk Shake tastes good, but is hella bad for me in mass quantities.

I'm trying to enjoy a Big Mac with extra large fries and a super Coke I could drown in. Please don't make me think of the consequences of my actions, or I might just have an urge to get off my fat ass and workout. Eating this stuff is so much more fun than being active. But it's not McDonalds' fault that I'm fat....it's that damned thyroid thing. Oops, gotta go. I just dropped my Dippin Dots all over the floor.

Morgan sent a letter to McDonalds asking for an interview and giving them an opportunity to 'balance the picture'. This would give the world a good look into how McDonalds is trying to promote healthier eating choices. Because of their refusal to allow an interview, how could Morgan have presented the film in any other way? McDonalds doesn't have a lot of room to boo-hoo about how they were not properly represented, when they clearly refused the opportunity to represent themselves.

I don't understand why what other people eat is such a big deal. Unless you or someone you care about is addicted to McD's food, why is it your concern. We live in a free country. People can eat whatever they want. I am not a vegan or vegitarian but I also do not eat fast food. No one is cramming a Big Mac down your throat so stop complaining. And this talk about brainwashing and subliminal messaging. If your kids listen to your television set more then you something is wrong and McD's is not the only thing to blame. Yes, McDonalds is a horrible place to eat but you can very easily choose to eat somewhere else. Plus, when Spurlock added the variable of excersize into his experiment he botched the results. Even a vegan or vegetarian that rarely moved would gain weight and become unhealthy. The majority of vegans and vegetarians on this blog are promoting their lifestyle. They have spoken of limiting people from what they can eat and banning fast food. Thats totally facist. These health nazis think because they eat a few carrot sticks they can tell everyone else what to so from the safety of there Volkswagen? These are the same people that bug people who eat meat. I have known vegans that have had to start eating dairy products again because they began to experience anorexia. Humans have eaten meat ever since the first modern man was born 10,000 years ago. Cutting out the choise food our bodies have relied on for years is just as unhealthy as filling ourselves with calories. It's personal choice, and only you can make that choice for yourself.

McDonald's took off its menu a wonderful product name McLean sandwich.It was about 10 years ago, as a dietitian I left a message regarding my concerns.It takes a long time to educate the public to change thier lifestyle and habbits. Apperently this is not a concern of any compony that tries to make money, so Mclean was off. It did not make money fast enough. Please be more concerned with your customer's health, so they can avoid death and enjoy a good meal.

this is why i am fed up with america. everybody is always trying to blame somebody else for their own problems. "South Park made me do it", "Violent video games made me do it" "The tobacco company kills people", etc. There is something called SELF CONTROL. You know that McDonald's is not healthy, so DON'T EAT IT. Cigarettes kill, so DON'T SMOKE THEM. How have we become so weak??? No wonder we are made fun of in every country in the world. People need to start taking control of their own actions.

What the F***s fast food for... I also live in Australia and I don't mind the health menus they put on take away stores now, but 'Fast Food' is essentially 'Fat Foods' (One thing I thought was totally stupid is the introduction of cerals on the Mc's Menu which tells me the Australians are Extremely Lazy!). If I want a healthy meal I'll go down to subway but most likely cook at home.
Choosing to eat healthy is your own responsibility!
If you can't get off your slack arse to cook for your own well-being thats your problem and not some other wealthy exec looking out for the company. Even eating processed frozen foods is not as bad as takeaway!
And labelling someone mentioned around here on cigs, it still doesn't do anything, you smoke its your fault... how obvious does it have to be!! Your actions are your OWN!!

Note to McDonalds: don't change anything, i love your food!

Frankly, as several people have said before, it's not the responsibility of the restaurant to make sure their customers are eating right. A restaurant sells what /people want to eat/. If they don't, they won't get customers. The customers have to make the choice to eat right, or else the restaurant will never change.

Take responsibility into your own hands, America: McDonalds is not your mother. It's not obliged to wipe your face, tie your shoes, or potty-train you. Likewise, it's not McDonald's responsibility to educate you. That's /your/ job. Quit whining because you're too lazy to learn basic nutrition.

Tabacco Companies are required to label their products as damaging to human health, so why not require fast food to take the same measures. Heart disease is a major killer among Americans today as is lung cancer also. So, if heart disease can be cause by high cholesterol and blood pressure(both can be caused by fast food), why not put a Surgeon General Warning on the food also. I know that a person could simply just not eat that food, but a person can also choose not to smoke that cigarette and the label is still there. -Just a Thought!?

I haven't read all of these comments, but in many I see some of you trying to point out that by eating 5000 calories a day Morgan was over eating. Do you not remember that all he ate was three McDonald's meals a day? I saw one entry where the person asks, "What would the effect on a person be if they ate 5,000 calories of broccoli each day and did little to no physical activity?" Hey genius, do you know how much broccoli it takes to equal 5000 calories? There are appoximately 25 calories in one cup of broccoli. To eat 5000 calories of broccoli, you would need to eat about 200 cups of broccoli to equate the amount of calories Morgan ate in JUST three McDonald's meals. To eat such food so rich in calories, fat, sugars, and so low in any health redeeming category is personal irresponsbility. But how irresponsible is it to go out and eat three meals a day at a restaurant? I guess it's all the consumer's fault? You could have fooled me because some people do eat out three meals a day. When's the last time you had to do a research paper on a restaurant before you deemed it a safe place to eat? I think that responsibility lays on the shoulders of the corporation.

We can avoid McDonalds & all other fast "food" joints, but too bad non-smokers don't have the choice to have clean air to breath.
I know how toxic they are & I can't avoid them altogether. (unless I became a "bubble-girl)
I find myself "dodging" smoke to avoid a migrane. Unfortuanatly I have a good sense of smell. I can "smell" a smoker before ever seeing the cigarette.
What really pisses me off, is when I see a parent smoking in front of their kid/s.

I think that if this film has in any way put pressure on McDonald's to include healthier choices on their menu and to make available the nutritional information for the food they sell, then how can it be bad? I think people should take responsility for their choices of food, but whoever is selling the food has a responsibility to make sure it's an informed choice. Whether or not you liked the movie I am sure you learned something from it that you didn't already know, and that in itself is valuable.

I haven't seen "SuperSize me" nor do I intend to. A man gets filmed eating mcdonalds for a month to illustrate that "fast food is bad for you", neither enlightening or unique. And yet, he pulls $5 million+ for it. I can't wait for more films of this genre to start proliferating the market like, "Super Squash me", a film dedicated to showing us how important it is to look both ways before crossing the street. Oh. Did you already know that?. Oh.

Hallelujah brother Will!

Super size me is very informative... I'd love to talk about it with Will. What? He didn't see the movie? Yes, but he KNOWS...smart guy

Bob. I have an arrangement to propose. I will gladly go and see SuperSize me, despite my conflicts with it, if you can provide for me, an 'informative' part about the movie that doesn't lead, directly or inevitably toward the point that 'fast food is bad for you.'

I wanted to say that Super Size Me was a fantastic movie and I think everyone should see it. I was 5-15 in the 1980's and as horrible as I know McDonald's food is, I can't detach it from my happy memories of childhood. The Dukes of Hazzard matchbox cars, the Muppet Babies Figurines, the playlands, the birthday parties, these are all ingrained in my memories of the 1980's. America is about freedom to choose and all about making as much money as you can. It is sad, but true. I wish the government would crack down on crap food, but this is just not possible. The only solution is too make it illegal to advertise to kids. I must have seen thousands and thousands of McD commercials when I was a kid. To hell with their Go Active Meals, if McD's wants to be socially responsible, they need to quit pushing their crap and addicting kids. Their food sucks, their greed at the expense of health is s@#*, and if I will find a way to make them hate McDonald's.

I will never eat a mac meal for the rest of my life. Yes I've always known that McDonands sells garbage to people and I ate it often, what finally did it for me was when I saw Suprlock vomit in that movie right after he ate mc donalds food.

That's what happens to your system when you eat healthy and then start polluting it with mc donalds un nutritious factory food.

I also thought that visit on the dave letterman show was absolutely hilarious. I hope Mc DOnalds goes bankrupt because they have been selling garbage to people for over fifty years and they deserve to go out of business for the damage they do to peoples lives.

Hey if Mc Donalds were not criminals, then why did they pay their millionaire lobbyists millions of dollars to get that bill passed which would prevent people from suing them for causing heart attacks aod obiesity? They must have something to hide and I think their board of directors are a bunck of greedy corrupt criminals who should all be thrown into jail. They are at least as bad as the cigarette companies.

What's worse, obiesity or lung canger? I think they are just about as bad and mc donalds is a direct cause of america being the fattest country in the world because of all of the sugar and refined carbohydrates they put into their food.

Don't eat mc donalds food, it's poision. They are as bad as Enron.

I would like to address the above comment that “frank” made on June 6.

Frank above says:

"I haven't seen "SuperSize me" nor do I intend to. A man gets filmed eating McDonalds for a month to illustrate that "fast food is bad for you", neither enlightening or unique. And yet, he pulls $5 million+ for it. I can't wait for more films of this genre to start proliferating the market like, "Super Squash me", a film dedicated to showing us how important it is to look both ways before crossing the street. Oh. Did you already know that?. Oh."

Who cares? After McDonalds has made literally trillions of dollars poisoning people and causing obesity health problems and heart attacks. Five million is a drop in the bucket and Frank, the McDonalds employee who was ordered to make that post is a hypocrite because he is whining about how the film makes five million dollars while he takes home a six figure paycheck from McDonalds and works for a hypocritical company. You know how I know that Frank works at Mickey Dees? Only a Mc Dee corporate suit would be complaining about how much this movie made.

Actually Frank, I don’t think anyone really cares here if you as a Mickey Dees employee sees the movie or not. You are already brainwashed by your bosses by the McDonalds cult anyway. Not only was the movie extremely entertaining, it was also very informative and funny too!

Frank, try to escape the Cult of McDOnalds and find honest work man! ANd go have some McDOnalds food - I pray that you won't vomit it up like Spurlock did.

I agree with what Craig says above on June 4 -

“Frankly, as several people have said before, it's not the responsibility of the restaurant to make sure their customers are eating right. A restaurant sells what /people want to eat/. If they don't, they won't get customers. The customers have to make the choice to eat right, or else the restaurant will never change.
Take responsibility into your own hands, America: McDonalds is not your mother. It's not obliged to wipe your face, tie your shoes, or potty-train you. Likewise, it's not McDonald's responsibility to educate you. That's /your/ job. Quit whining because you're too lazy to learn basic nutrition.”

And hence, because of the above, we should all be responsible for our health and hence stop eating the garbage food that Mc Donald’s sells us and find healthy alternatives to food.
After all, just about everyone in America knows that Mc DOnalds food is garbage and has known that for decades, so it's tine to start being responsible and STOP shoveling McDonandl garbage into our bodies!

Question:

How come ROnald McDonald is never shown eating the Mc food?

ANswer:

Because it's GARBGAGE and Ronald McDonald knows it!

ROnald is nothing more than a corporate pied piper leading children to an unhealthy lifestyle and ealry graves, and their parents should be furious for luring their kids into unlealthy lifestyles with bribes of the Playland, toys, sugar and candy to addict them to Mc Donalds food for life, just like the cigarette companies try to addict nocotene addicts.

First of all JIM, I mean Joe, it wasn't FRANK who wrote that post with the "super squash me" reference. it was ME! Secondly JOHN er JOE, if you learn to READ properly you would see that I wasn't saying McDonald's was good... I was saying that a guy eating mcdonalds for a month to prove "fast food was bad for you" was mundane. Who DIDN'T know fast food was bad for you? Did you REALLY need to see a guy vomit and learn you could get liver damage and and destroy your body to know fast food was bad for you??? If you DID then you REALLY ought to get out more. So there you have it. I don't work for, support, or have any affiliation with McDonalds: IT'S BAD FOR YOU!!! Do I get $8.50 now? Why not? some gu