As an overweight person with a serious addiction to food, especially fast food and soda, the documentary "Super Size Me" knocked me out of my state of denial. I have many of the health problems they mentioned in the film such as fatty liver, pre-diatbetic/hypoglycemic, kidney stones, etc.that I just haven't dealt with. Due to my issues with being over weight, I have had a hysterectomy in September of 2006 and my gall bladder removed March of 2010. I got so shaken up by what I saw, I have made up my mind never to go to McDonalds ever again. I will go back to Weight Watchers for help and hopefully this time I will stick to the program. They show a gentlemen having laproscopic surgery for weight loss and that scared me too because I had the same type surgery for my gall bladder removal. It took me a long time to recover and I don't want to go through that again. When I got home from school Thursday after seeing this film, I cried and thanked God He used this film to wake me up.
With chapter 2 of the book Fast Food Nation, I saw the greedy side of McDonalds. How they go after the kids to make their empire grow is awful. Just like it says in chapter 2, they centered everything around the children. They use toys included in the happy meals, playgrounds located in or right outside of the restaurant, and commercials. It's all about the money they can fill their pockets with. Never mind the impact of the french fries, hamburgers, and sugary sodas have on the children's and adults bodies. They just don't care. I remember growing up in the early 70's with a "Hamburgular" doll and going to McDonalds once a week as a family outing. I would see the commercials on TV and hold on to my doll and ask my mom could we please go and of course we would. I am so glad I stopped going there.
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