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The literary debut of the funniest & most incisive new voice to come along since Michael Moore-and the acclaimed director of the film phenomenon of the entire year.
Can man go on fast food alone? Morgan Spurlock tried to do that. For four weeks, he ate nothing but three "squares" per day from McDonald's within an investigation in to the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary won him resounding applause and a worldwide release that broke box-office records. Audiences were captivated by Spurlock's experiment, where he gained twenty-five pounds, his blood circulation pressure skyrocketed, and his libido all but disappeared.
But this story goes far beyond Spurlock's good-humored "Mc-Sickness." He traveled across the country-into schools, hospitals, and people's homes -to investigate school lunch programs, the marketing of fast food, and the declining emphasis on health insurance and physical education. He looks at why fast food is so tasty, cheap, and in the end seductive, and what Americans can do to carefully turn the rising tide of obesity, hypertension, and diabetes which may have accompanied its ever-growing popularity. He interviewed experts in twenty U.S. cities-from surgeon generals and kids to lawmakers and marketing gurus-who share their research, opinions, and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth and that which you can all do to offset a health crisis of supersized proportions.
In this groundbreaking, hilarious book, "benevolent muckraker" Morgan Spurlock debuts a wry investigative voice that will appeal to anyone enthusiastic about the fitness of our country, our kids, and ourselves.
