SUPERSIZE ME SHOCK!

sloanie1

Australia is actually now leading the in it is more obese than the US for it's size, it is scary and a major epidemic, young kids aged 10 upwards are having surgery

Hernandezedw

I lived on McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and Baskin Robins for 2 years. Granted, I mixed it up with some KFC at times. But that was pretty much it. I actually miss those days. I love those foods. So tastey. But I don't work out nearly enough to do that anymore.

SueGeer

Can't remember last time I went into McD's.............

Just because the food's there doesn't mean you HAVE to eat it..... You still have that choice whether to eat it or not.

They reckon that here in UK parents will be outliving their kids because of obesity......

Sue x

emmaNEEDSskinny

my parentts wont outlive me
im getting skinny!

xXxKayleighxXx

I know that i've eaten it here in the UK and make sure to add the calories and try not to have much of it.

It is good that they now have the calories on the packaging and that they have introduced the healthy options, because if you are with a group of people who want to eat there, you can pick something a little better rather than drooling over their food haha.

I completely agree. You can't blame McDonalds that you ate their food. If people didn't want it, they would've gone out of business years ago and you'd be seeing far more fruit and salad bars popping up.

Chuckw40

I also recommend you watch "Fathead", it is free on Hulu I believe. What's funny to me is that we make such a big deal about fast food but no one seems to realize that the meals you get at most sit down restaurants are just as bad if not worse.

waterjogger

You need to find the documentary "Fat Head". It is a follow-up/rebuttal to "SuperSize Me". It presents things in a totally different light.

mizzsolero

Can't remember last time I went into McD's.............

Just because the food's there doesn't mean you HAVE to eat it..... You still have that choice whether to eat it or not.

They reckon that here in UK parents will be outliving their kids because of obesity......

Sue x

as sad as i am about it, i know its true. i know me and my partner always chose healthy homemade food over chippies, currys, macd etc etc.
but just like today, i had a walk in the mornin, 9:30 pm, and theres a mother dragging her, i think she was about 6/ 7? year old, daughter in the chippy to get her breakfast!! as nosy as i am, i overheard her order.
chips, cheese, salt vinegar and a bacon roll. its sad, because the girl had no choice what so ever of what to eat,
and will now think that its normal, and will most likely keep up with this eating pattern because her parents made it seem normal, parents are the ones who should be educated, as they are the ones who set an example for their children!

and our children are the future!

hbrekkaas

i think it's an unrealistic representation. Who with any brain would eat mcdonalds that much? I dont know any obese person that does that.

People for sure eat that much. Hubbys aunt is obese and on so many medications to deal with that and the health issues that come wit it that she can barely function. She as fast food twice a day. Almost every single day. Her son has fast food 3 times a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), and her daughter has it at least once a day. Her daughter is also obese, so I"m sure she has it more then once a day also. The kids will cook meals on the rare occasion, but its not often. Her husband also eats alot, but like his son, he is just overweight. They are all pale and unhealthy looking, they have no energy, the kids have no money because they spend it all on fast food. And when I say kids, they are 29 and 24 years old.

We were at my IL's house with them last weekend, and I watched the mom, with diabetes, drink a pop and eat a huge sugary cupcake, after eating a full plate of ribs, ham, store bought pasta salds, and a baked potato with sour cream. She takes no personal responsibility at all for how and what she eats. She feels that as long as she is taking her diabetes meds, she can eat and drink whatever she wants.

hbrekkaas

Can't remember last time I went into McD's.............

Just because the food's there doesn't mean you HAVE to eat it..... You still have that choice whether to eat it or not.

They reckon that here in UK parents will be outliving their kids because of obesity......

Sue x

as sad as i am about it, i know its true. i know me and my partner always chose healthy homemade food over chippies, currys, macd etc etc.
but just like today, i had a walk in the mornin, 9:30 pm, and theres a mother dragging her, i think she was about 6/ 7? year old, daughter in the chippy to get her breakfast!! as nosy as i am, i overheard her order.
chips, cheese, salt vinegar and a bacon roll. its sad, because the girl had no choice what so ever of what to eat,
and will now think that its normal, and will most likely keep up with this eating pattern because her parents made it seem normal, parents are the ones who should be educated, as they are the ones who set an example for their children!

and our children are the future!

This really bothers me too. My daughter is in swimming lessons,and there is a little girl that finished her lesson right when K. is starting and I see what is going on when she gets out. Her mom gets her a treat every single day. Yesterday she said "no" and I was shocked. She told her she could have either fruit, veggies, or a "yop?" (hubby says its a yogurt drink) (our pool sells fruit and veggies!) and she chose the yogurt drink. I was really suprised, until her mom said "and no pouting, you already went to Dairy Queen". I feel so sad for the little girl, she is so big.

Pandorian

Sadly at least here in Canada I don't think "either" of these are quite right

"The major fast food chains in the UK did sell 'supersize' for a while (I seem to remeber it was when I was a student back in the early 00's) but then they were taken off the menu, obv for health reasons- or they weren't selling.

We actually don't have the Supersize option in the US anymore - they got rid of it after that documentary was released! They claimed it had nothing to do with the movie, but we all know that's bull. "

They got rid of "super-size" as a menu option, you can still "large size" your order, but the large is what the old super-size was, medium is the old large .... small the old medium... so.... everything got shifted but they don't sell super-size now. Even though you get just as many calories from the "new" large

LaJauna

To have a balanced outlook at the problem you should also watch "FATHEAD". It will show you the load of crap we as a society have been fed about our diets and lifestyles.

Barneystinson

I also recommend you watch "Fathead", it is free on Hulu I believe. What's funny to me is that we make such a big deal about fast food but no one seems to realize that the meals you get at most sit down restaurants are just as bad if not worse.

Truth.

Seriously McD's has some decent options for food on the run in airports and other "holy crap need food but don't have time" situations like the Snack wraps, McMuffins, Grilled chicken / salads, etc. It's not super high in calories. Yeah, the ingredients aren't the best, but it's better than a "healthy" organic muffin from some coffee shop that's organic YET completely calorie and sugar laden.

And the supersize thing? Meeting the demands of the American consumer. Funny how EVERY person interviewed on the street in Fat Head was completely aware that large McD's meals are very calorie dense and NOT good for you.

So...Europeans, you may not have supersize fast food (yet), but you all have some serious supersize beers. Believe me, it's difficult for this American to not drink like a fish upon my visits to your continent with all the bars coercing me into ordering the big beer :drinker:

rmrainbow

I am American, and sometimes I worry that other countries' people look at McDonald's and all the extremely obese people eating it constantly and think that all of us are like this. Of course people loves fast food every once in a while, but not all of us Americans eat FF for every meal, every day.

That being said, it is part consumer, part producer who are to blame. These days in America, fatty, sugary, horrible foods are MUCH less expensive than healthy foods. If you watch "Food, Inc." they make this point. A head of broccoli is much more expensive than 2 liters of coke.

The fact that McDonald's and other chains can make such filling, satisfying meals available at an extremely affordable cost (for people who really have tight budgets and really struggle to feed their families), sometimes it seems to be the only choice. The fact that these foods are HORRIBLE for your body is overshadowed by the understanding that you could feed your whole family for less than $10.

So. We Americans are not all helpless obese people who need a handout and are desperately in need of other countries' help to ban McDonald's. I wish the U.S. could stop being labeled as the only obese country, the only country with obesity-related deaths on the rise, the only country that supports this kind of consumerism and big business.

I just wish it weren't the way it is, that people could afford making the healthier choice.

arw060310

You need to watch Fat Head. I love Morgan Sperlock, but it seems like Supersize me is kind of full of cr*p. Fat Head gives you the other size of the story =]
On a side note, I do love Supersize me =]

megz4987

Sad part is, many of the fast food places around here are getting rid of their small option. Our local Wendy's doesn't have small anything... just medium and up!
Mcdonalds uses their small's on the dollar menu and in kids meals. Other than that... nadda.