He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and ultimately seductiveand interviews experts from surgeons general and kids to marketing gurus and. Fast food and the supersizing of america audible audio edition. Fast food and the supersizing of america spurlock, morgan on. Fast food and the supersizing of america by morgan spurlock is probably best thought of as the companion book to the authors awardwinning documentary, super size me. Although this is not a particularly quick read and a bit dry, it is very informative. But theres more to the story, and in dont eat this book, spurlock examines everything from school lunch programs.
Fast food and the supersizing of america usually shortened to dont eat this book is a 2005 book by morgan spurlock content. It is less about morgan spulocks debut film supersize me and more about fast food, junk food over eating and nutrition. The literary debut of the funniest and most incisive new voice to come along since michael mooreand the acclaimed director of the film phenomenon of the year. Fast food and the supersizing of america is a 2005 book by morgan spurlock. It starts off with some statistics on american spending habits and explanations, for example of the warning label. Fast food and the supersizing of america morgan spurlock, author. Nonetheless, dont eat this book is monumentally depressing. But theres more to the story, and in dont eat this book, spurlock examines everything from school lunch programs and the marketing of fast food to the decline of physical education.
Though he wasnt much of an activist before his monthlong, mcdonaldseating experiment documented in his film super size me, spurlock. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. But like any muckraking journalist, spurlock isnt out to. Fast food and the supersizing of america by morgan spurlock is probably best thought of as the companion book to the authors.
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