1. The lawsuit at the beginning of the documentary involved 2 teenage girls. It regarded them attempting to sue McDonald's because they stated that the fast food joint had contributed to their obesity, and that it was their fault, basically. The outcome of this was that the girls were not successful, McDonald's said that they should have known better than to eat their food all the time.
2. A calorie is a measurement of energy. In super size fries there are 610 calories. In the documentary, Morgan took in about 5,000 calories per day.
3. 1/2 gallon (2 litres) of soda = about 50 teaspoons of sugar!
4. Throughout the 30 days, some of Morgan's feelings/symptoms were:
-nausea
-depression
-mood swings
-loss of sex drive
-cravings
-headaches
5. The amount of weight Morgan gained:
Week 1: 8.5 pounds
Week 2: 9 pounds
Week 3: -1 pounds
Week 4: 8 pounds
Total: 24.5 pounds (Final weight 210 pounds)
6. Nutritionists recommend that we eat fast food extremely sparingly, just once in a while.
7. At Morgan's final weigh in:
-His liver turned to fat and he was in danger of liver problems such as hardening of the liver
-His cholesterol went up 65 points
-He had gained almost 25 pounds
-His body fat % shot up from 11% to 18%
-He had a doubled risk of heart disease/failure
-He was experiencing depression and exhaustion
-His blood test results were not going back to normal as rapidly as the doctors had hoped they would
-He was told that he shouldn't eat fast food for a year after that!
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