Super Size Me Worksheet



Super Size Me Worksheet Name __________________

Answers may be found at the following “Supersize me by the pound” page on the original movie website for question #1 through #25. All answers are found while viewing movie.

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1. In America, on a given day, ___ out of 4 Americans visit a fast food restaurant.

2. McDonald’s feed ___ __________ people, (more than the population of Spain.

3. ______________ are the most eaten vegetable in America.

4. You would have to walk for ____ hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac.

5. In the U.S., they eat more than 1,000,000 animals a(n) ____.

6. ____% of all Americans are either overweight or obese.

7. __ in every ___ children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes in their lifetime.

8. Left unabated, __________ will surpass smoking as the leading cause of preventable death in America.

9. ___________ has been linked to: Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Adult Onset Diabetes, Stroke, Gall Bladder Disease, Osteoarthritis, Sleep Apnea, Respiratory Problems, Endometrial, Breast, Prostate and Colon Cancers, Dyslipidemia, steatohepatitis, insulin resistance, breathlessness, Asthma, Hyperuricaemia, reproductive hormone abnormalities, polycystic ovarian syndrome, impaired fertility and lower back pain.

10. The average child sees __________ TV advertisements per year.

11. Only _______ items on McDonald's entire menu contain no sugar.

12. Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald - he was fired for being too ____.

13. McDonald's distributes more toys per year than _____________.

14. Diabetes will cut _____________ years off your life.

15. McDonald's: "Any processing our foods undergo make them more __________than unprocessed foods.

16. The World Health Organization has declared ________ a global epidemic.

17. Eating fast food may be _____________ to your health.

18. McDonald's calls people who eat a lot of their food "__________________".

19. McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in more then ______ countries on 6 continents.

20. Before most children can speak they can recognize ________________________.

21. Surgeon General David Satcher: "Fast food is a major contributor to the ______________ epidemic".

22. Most nutritionists recommend not eating fast food more than _______ a month.

23. _______ of American meals are eaten outside the home.

24. McDonald's represents ______ of total U.S. fast food market.

25. What was the rule that Morgan had to follow when it came to supersizing?

26. What were other rules that Morgan had to follow during his month long binge?

27. How far does a typical American walk? How does this compare to the typical New Yorker? _________________

28. What was the doctor’s prediction of the overall study? How did this compare to the actual results after 30 days? _______________

29. Was there ever a time that Morgan thought about giving up the diet? Why? Explain in complete sentences. __________________

30. How much weight did he gain during his 30 day binge on McDonald’s? ___________________________________________________________

31. How long did it take him to lose the weight? ________________

32. Was there any permanent damage done to Morgan’s body from him McDonald’s binge? What were some of the changes that he saw in his physical condition? ________________

33. How did Morgan feel after the first day? __

the second day? ___ t

he third day? _

34. What day did they discover that his liver was dying? Was he afraid? Explain. _________

35. What do you think of this video? Has watching it made you want to change your eating habits? How? Explain. ____

36. Knowing how McDonald’s markets to children, what will you do when you have kids and they want to eat a fast food restaurant? __________________________

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