Super Size Me Worksheet

More than ___% of Americans get NO excersize. In order to mimic a typical American, Morgan has to limit his steps to less than _______ steps a day

60/5000

How many calories are in a Super Sized Fries?

600+

How many calories are in a double gulp from Seven Eleven?

600-800

___% of people who eat at McD's are considered to be Heavy Users and___% are Super Heavy Users.

72/22

The people in DC cannot recite the ________ ___ ________ but have no problem remembering the ____ ______ _______ . Is that funny??

Pledge of allegiance/Big Mac slogan/no

According to David Satcher, former US Surgeon General, "left unabated, obesity will overtake smoking as the leading__________ cause of_________ in this country.

Preventable/death

Morgan says, "I don't feel good today. I don't feel sick. I feel _______ ______________". What does he notice a little after he eats?

Really depressed/he wants more food

Apparently, we (Americans) don't put much value on health in America anymore, we spend $30 billion on diet products and weight loss programs always pushing the newest way to stay thin_________ exercise.

Without

Finally Morgan states that "if the ever growing paradigm is ever going to shift, it's up to____"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You

Jared says "the world is not going to change, only____ can change"

You

After 5 days, the RD Bridgette tells Morgan he is eating almost______ calories a day compared to the recommended________ calories a day that Morgan should eat in order to maintain his weight.

5000/2500

What is the total percent of obese adults in the USA?

60%

Some days the amount of calories in each (school served) meal tops

1000

How many times does Morgan try calling Lisa Howard, the representative from McDonalds?

13

Morgan's initial cholesterol is ______

168

Tommy Thompson, US Secretary of Health and Human Services, says that according to new research, currently ______________Americans have Type II Diabetes which is about 1 in every____ people. The direct medical costs have__________ in the past ______years from $___ billion in 1997 to $___ billion in 2002.

17 million/ 20/doubled/five/44/92

At the final weigh-in, Bridgett reviews the results from each week. His initial weight was 185.5lbs, then____ lbs,____ lbs,_____ lbs, and finally____ lbs. He gained______ lbs in 30 days.

194/203/202/210/24.5

At Morgan's second weigh-in, he weighs_____ lbs which is a____ lb weight gain in just five days meaning he gained___ % of his body weight. Bridget tells Morgan that losing weight that fast and gaining weight that fast is ____ ________!

195/ 9.5/5/not healthy

In 2001 McD's spent $1.4 BILLION worldwide on direct media advertising (radio, tv and print) versus the 5 a day fruit and vegetable budget on its best year that spent __ million in all media which is_____ times less than just the direct media budget for one candy company.

2/100

___ out of 100 nutritionists suggest one should eat fast food___ times a week, 28 out of 100 say one should eat fast food once a week to once a month,____ say to NEVER eat fast food, but____ of the nutritionists agreed that fast food is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

2/2/45/95

Since 1980 the total number of overweight and obese people has doubled with ________ times the number of children and _______ times the number of adults.

2/3

Morgan goes for his second weigh-in at the "health" center and weighs _____. He gained 17 lbs in 12 days totaling a ____% of body weight gain.

203/10

What is Morgan's cholesterol level NOW (before the McDiet, it was 165)?

225

The judge dismissed the case after 6 months of deliberation stating that the 2 girls failed to show that eating McDonald's was what caused their "injury", but after just 30 days of the "diet", Morgan gained_____ lbs, his liver turned to___, his cholesterol went up____ pts. Morgan's body fat went from 11% to___ % (which is still below the national average of____ % for men and____ % for women).

24.5/fat/65/18/22/30

According to Morgan, if current trends continue, one in every___ children born in 2000 will develop Type II Diabetes in their lifetime.

3

Morgan consults __ different doctors before embarking on his McDiet

3

One in every __ Americans visits/eats fast food a day and McDonalds feeds more than ____ million people world wide daily(which is more than the population in _______)

4/46/Spain

How many teaspoons of sugar are in a double gulp

48

How many serving of bread does a standard bagel yield?

5

What effects did the healthier lunches served at the alternative school have on its students?

Better behavior, students are more focused, teachers get more from them

What does BMI stand for?

Body Mass Index

Morgan wakes up in the middle of the night. He says he's having difficulty_________, he's ___ ____and having_______ palpitations.

Breathing/very hot/heart

What helped Morgan to feel better after the weigh in?

Eating

A calorie is the measure of_______ content of food. It's the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a liter of water one degree centigrade.

Energy

Morgan's girlfriend says that Morgan is____________ at the end of the day.

Exhausted

What is the "toxic environment"? - An environment that almost guarantees that "we" (Americans) get sick. " It is constant access to cheap,_____ laden foods, gas stations that sell more______ and______ than gas. It's a nation with more than___ million soda vending machines (which is more than 1 for every___ Americans), where we depend on a_____ for transportation, and where walking has become such chore that we rely on____________ to do it for us"

Fat/candy/soda/3/97/car/machines

The lawsuit document quotes McDonalds stating "that any processing that its foods undergo serve to make them more_________ than unprocessed foods". Case and point,_____________.

Harmful/McNuggets

Morgan says "my body officially_____ _____."

Hates me

He doubled his risk of coronary_____ disease, making him______ as likely to have heart failure, he was___________ and __________ most of the time, his ________ swung on a dime, and his sex life was nonexistent. The more McDonalds food he ate the more he craved it and he got __________ when he didn't eat it.

Heart/twice/depressed/exhausted/moods/headaches

How does Morgan feel in day 18?

Horrible, he has headaches

Fattest city in America

Houston

Bruce Howlet is diabetic (Type II - Adult Onset Diabetes) and has ______________

Hypertension

What is happening to Morgan's liver?

Inflamed,sick, and becoming fatty

What happened to the health center?

It closed

Currently, 20% of obese children have elevated, abnormal liver function tests which can result in______ ________ ,transplant or_______ as an adult.

Liver failure/ death

The doctor says that if a person was doing that to his liver with alcohol it would result in _______ ________. Can you survive without a healthy liver?

Liver failure/yes

Morgan______ 1 lb at the second weigh in, because muscle weighs more than fat so he lost ______ ______but GAINED_____ ______.

Lost/ muscle mass/ fat mass

Yale law professor John Banzhaf explains that in terms of responsibility, the finger should be pointed at McDonald's for __________ ______ _________. Listing that ___________ _______, _____________,_____ ______ ______ ______, and ____ ________, are all examples that support his opinion.

Luring the kids/birthday parties, playgrounds, happy meals with toys, and the clown

What is the fattest state in the US?

Mississippi

In 2000 Dr. David Satcher, Former US Surgeon General declares obesity as a ___________ __________. His biggest concern is the concept of "_____ _________"

National epidemic/super sizing

At the "Health" center, Bridgette Bennet, the Registered Dietician (RD) says Morgan's BMI is within ________ _________. The RD says that Morgan should be eating about ________ calories a day including ____ grans of fat and less than ____ grams of saturated fat. Morgan's current weight is _______ lbs and current body fat is ______%

Normal limits/ 2500/80/25/185.5/11

What would happen if I ate nothing but McDonalds for 30 days? Would I suddenly be on the fast track for becoming an ________ American? Would it be _____________ ________________?

Obese/unreasonably dangerous

_________ is second only to smoking as the major cause of preventable death and is responsible for ________ deaths a year

Obesity/400,000

The results from Morgan's liver tests are__________, beyond anything "I would have thought". The Dr. tells Morgan that he never thought a____ _____ diet could pickle the liver and if Morgan was an alcoholic, he would tell him to stop drinking or he would____.

Obscene/high fat/die

A "Heavy User" by McDonald's standards is someone who eats McDonalds_____/week and a "Super Heavy User" eats at McDonalds___________ /week.

Once/three-five

Victoria receives a mixed message from Jared stating that she can't afford subway and that Jared says eating subway is the______ solution?

Only

How many ounces of Soda does a large hold?

Original large=16 oz////current large 42oz

High school PE teacher Phil Lawler's solution to the obesity epidemic is daily_________ __________. While Brian Philips, the elementary PE teacher from Illinois states that____ minutes a week of physical education is______ enough.

PE/45/not

When it comes to the topic of obesity, others are "quick to point the finger" but according to GMA Vice President Gene Grabowski, where should most of the responsibility fall for the obesity epidemic?

Parents and education

He wants to know if the food companies are solely to blame for the obesity epidemic. Where does _________ responsibility stop and corporate ___________ begin?

Personal/responsibility

Where is the one place the impact of our fast food world has become more and more evident?

Schools

What is the original size of fries called now

Small

What is a vegan

Someone who does not eat meat or animal byproducts including milk, eggs and cheese

Dr Steven Siegel says to..........

Stop the diet

What are Morgan's rules for diet? 1. Can only ______ _______ when asked 2. Can buy food only sold over the counter at ____________ 3. He has to have everything on the menu at least ______ 4. He has to have ___ square meals a day.

Super size/McDonalds/once/3

Morgan refers to the 3rd day of his McDiet as the _______ _____ _____ and compares it to quitting________.

Three day hump/smoking

Morgan asks the doctor if he can "wipe out his liver" in the next two weeks and the doctor said it would be________, but he says to stop doing what he is doing. The doctor says to Morgan, "you are______ and you are_________ yourself sick. Based on Morgan's experiment, are Americans making themselves SICK?????

Unlikely/sick/making/yes

John Banzhaf describes how young children experience "brand imprinting for later actuation in life". How does that imprinting relate to McDonand's?

adults will subconsciously choose a brand they are familiar with, that they associate with positive childhood memories

Out of all of the items that McDonalds sells, which 7 have NO sugar in them?

fries​ - sausage​​ ​- iced tea​​ - coffee - Diet Coke​ - chicken nuggets​ - hashbrowns

One day at work Bruce went blind, but his sight came back once he

stopped drinking diet sodas and got his sugars under control.

After David Satcher mentions the doubled obesity rate, Morgan lists 25 health problems linked to obesity. List 6 of them.

stroke, insulin resistance, osteoarthritis, steatohepatitis, hypereuricemia, impaired fertility, adult onset diabetes, reproductive hormone abnormalities, respiratory problems, asthma