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brent g I found fault with some of the reasoning in this movie documentary, however despite that, it brings to light some important points. The star point of the movie is how it reveals the way that food product marketers have been shifting the blame for obesity to the consumer by claiming we aren't out there running off all these calories. They don't want to cut their sales and make less profit, so we're all supposed to spend countless hours in gyms and jogging to keep their stock holders rich. The fact is, the human body is so efficient, that it's almost impossible to burn calories like that, and we'd be out jogging for 5 hours a day. Nobody wants to live like that. I took issue with two points. First, the movie seems to suggest that the government can do any better than large corporations in fixing the obesity problem. I disagree. Governments can be just as corrupt and bribable as any corporation. Secondly, the analogy that (supposedly) governments were able to curb smoking (it's arguable if that was due to government action or merely more social awareness of health issues as medicine advanced) seems flawed to me. Comparing cigarette (or drug/alcohol addiction, even) with a person's ability to regulate food intake is a bad analogy. People can choose not to even start smoking or using substances; people cannot choose whether or not to start eating. It's much harder to regulate something that we already have to do (at least to some extent) than it is to regulate something we can choose to not even start, to stop doing for good, or that we can choose to completely avoid exposure to. If one could choose to permanently eliminate eating from their life like they can cigarettes, it's likely dieting would be a lot more successful, but unfortunately people can't seem to only eat one chip. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This alarming documentary updates and broadens the questionable food exposé in Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" with further glimpsing on to the societal warnings regarding obesity albeit the questionable statistics and insights that only reflect the extent of the problem rather than accurately as criticized. (B) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review dave d Watched 'Fed Up' with the Wife who gets into movies like this and she wasn't impressed. She said there are plenty of films in this genre about the food industry and obesity and the inter lying issues and most were better. I, on the other hand enjoyed it and was horrified at many topics including Sugar. It's well made with credible talking heads and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are a lot of stats in the documentary and good ideas, but to someone educated in this field like my wife it may be very surface. Wife: 5.0 Husband 8.4 Average Score: 6.7/10 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Sugar -- bad!!! (AP) Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review greg r Brilliant documentary about how we are all being tricked into eating deadly diets Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member What an eye opener! Makes me think twice about what I am buyer to put in my kids bodies. It disgusts me to know whoï¿ 1/2(TM)s all behind this and how out of hand it has gotten. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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