Food Conciousness: Super Size Me as an Effective Case Study Danielle Elizabeth Mather 10th Grade

“Our society needs more heroes who are scientists, researchers, and engineers. We need to celebrate and reward the people who cure diseases, expand our understanding of humanity, and work to improve people’s lives." - Mark Zuckerberg

People need qualitative research to further improve the lifestyle that they are living, as well as to advance the technology and the environment that they are surrounded in. Through quality research, society is able to gain a better knowledge of today’s most current and pressing problems. By using information that is derived from research, individuals make better life decisions. In the documentary Super Size Me created by Morgan Spurlock, viewers follow the case study of a man determined to find the results of eating only fast food for an entire month. Upon finding that approximately sixty percent of all adults living in the United States are overweight or obese, Spurlock himself goes on a thirty day McDonald's-only diet. As the true, underlying issue of McDonald’s food holding no significant nutritional value becomes clear, Spurlock attempts to dig deeper and question whether or not the fast food industry is to be blamed for the “obesity epidemic”. Through a 30-Day McDonald’s diet analysis,...