Don't eat this groundbreaking, hilarious book-but if you care about your country's health, your children's, and your own, you better read it.For thirty days, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's as part of an investigation into the effects of fast food on American health. The resulting documentary earned him an Academy Award nomination and broke box. Don't eat this groundbreaking, hilarious book-but if you care about your country's health, your children's, and your own, you better read it.
Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America (usually shortened to Don't Eat This Book) is a 2005 book by Morgan Spurlock. [1]. Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America Morgan Spurlock is an independent film director and screenwriter, known for the wildly successful (and Academy Award nominated) documentary Super Size Me, in which he attempted to demonstrate the negative health effects of McDonald's food.
Summary and Reviews of Don't Eat This Book by Morgan Spurlock, an excerpt, and author biography of Morgan Spurlock. Don't eat this book by Morgan Spurlock Publication date 2005 Topics Junk food -- United States, Junk food -- Humor, Fast food restaurants -- United States, Fast food restaurants -- Humor Publisher G. P.
Putnam's Sons Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 417.1M Access. Highlights Don't eat this groundbreaking, hilarious book--but if you care about your country's health, your children's, and your own, you better read it. About the Author: Morgan Spurlock was a writer, director, and producer, and in 2004 he was awarded the Best Director prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
320 Pages Health + Wellness, Diet. Don't Eat This Book gives the full background story to the experiment that so captivated audiences around the world in the documentary Super Size Me, and explores in further depth the connections between the rise of fast food and obesity. Spurlock, whose film documentary Super Size Me, earned an Oscar nomination and substantial media attention earlier this year, expands into a book his polemic against fast food in general and McDonald's in particular.
He rails against America's ubiquitous burger outlets, holding them uniquely responsible for the country's obesity crisis and fretting that these corporations' overseas successes.