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Some thoughts about the American film "Super Size me":

• Dr. Ruth Kava, Director of Nutrition at the American Council on Science and Health (ASCH) says:

"As a professional nutritionist, I think this movie does a disservice to the American people. Obesity is a serious issue in this country and the movie is not a serious attempt to answer it. It misleads people into thinking that eating a particular type of food or at a particular restaurant is the cause for a weight problem. That certainly is not the case."

• Carolyn O’Neil, journalist and author of The Dish: On Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous! says:

"I thought that Morgan Spurlock’s movie was disgusting. It was very difficult for me as a registered dietician to watch someone force feed themselves and feel so bad. He was overeating and he wasn’t getting the exercise that he needed. And that can happen no matter where you eat, even in your own home kitchen."

• Georgia Kostas, Cooper Clinic Founder and former Director of Nutrition says:

"I felt the movie was about extremes. In all my years of diet counseling I’ve never met anyone who could double their calories, double their fat, double their cholesterol and not expect to have some pretty extreme outcomes. Fortunately we don’t eat that way and healthy eating and healthy maintenance of weight is possible eating out at any restaurant, it’s just a matter of choices."

And more...

According to the National Eating Disorders Association, "In the United States, conservative estimates indicate that, after puberty, 5 to 10 million girls and women and 1 million boys and men are struggling with eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or borderline conditions." Research has shown that approximately 40 percent of fourth graders have been on a "diet" once in a while. Eating disorders primarily affect people in their teens and twenties, but studies report disorders in children as young as 6 and individuals as old as 76.

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I've watched the film about 5 months ago and it quite shocked me - even if that is the intention of the film itself. I mean, the guy goes on a straight fast food diet for a whole month and you see his phyisical evolution getting worse and worse... Sickening...

I wonder to what extent that whole picture truly represents American's eating habits?