What is Super Size Me?
{{italictitle}} '''''Super Size Me''''' is a 2003 American documentary movie directed by and starring [[Morgan Spurlock]]. It is about an experiment where Spurlock ate nothing but food from [[McDonald's]] for thirty days. He ate at McDonald's three times a day, eating an average of 5,000 kcal per day. This [[experiment]] lasted from February 1 to March 2, 2003. This experiment was bad for his own physical and psychological health. During the experiment, Spurlock gained 24½ lbs., had a 13% body mass increase, his [[cholesterol]] level went to 230, and he had [[mood swing]]s, [[sexual dysfunction]], and had [[fat accumulation]] in his liver. After the experiment, he recovered with a [[vegan]] diet his then-future wife prepared for him (she is a gourmet vegetarian cook). This experiment was conducted because of the [[obesity]] epidemic in the United States, and because of a case in which two teenage girls sued McDonald's who claimed they became obese as a result of eating food from McDonald's. Spurlock also uses this movie to [[criticism|criticize]] McDonald's and the [[fast food]] industry, ranging from the sale of unhealthy food to corporate marketing and to the personal profit of these organizations. {{McDonald's}} [[Category:2004 movies]] [[Category:American documentary movies]] [[Category:2000s English-language movies]] [[Category:American independent movies]] [[Category:Movies set in the 2000s]] [[Category:Movies set in New York City]] [[Category:Movies set in West Virginia]] [[Category:Movies set in Texas]] [[Category:Movies set in California]] [[Category:Movies set in Illinois]] [[Category:Movies set in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Movies set in North Carolina]] [[Category:Movies about obesity]] [[Category:McDonald's]]