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[ LIGHT FLUTE MUSIC PLAYS ]

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MORGAN:[br]Everything's bigger in America,

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we've got the biggest cars,

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the biggest houses,

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the biggest companies,

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the biggest food,

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and, finally,[br]the biggest people.

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America has now become[br]the fattest nation in the world.

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Congratulations.

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Nearly 100 million Americans[br]are today either overweight

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or obese.

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That's more[br]than 60% of all U.S. adults.

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Since 1980,

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the total number of overweight[br]and obese Americans has doubled,

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with twice as many[br]overweight children

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and three times as many[br]overweight adolescents.

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The fattest state in America?

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Mississippi -- where one[br]in four people are obese.

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I grew up in west Virginia,

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currently the third-fattest[br]state in America.

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When I was growing up, my mother[br]cooked dinner every single day.

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Almost all my memories of her[br]are in the kitchen.

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And we never ate out,

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only on those few, rare[br]special occasions.

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Today, families do it[br]all the time,

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and they're paying for it --[br]not only with their wallets,

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but with their waistlines.

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Obesity is now[br]second only to smoking

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as a major cause[br]of preventable death in America,

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with more[br]than 400,000 deaths per year

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associated[br]with related illnesses.

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In 2002, a few Americans[br]got fed up with being overweight

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and did what we do best.

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They sued the bastards.

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taking aim[br]at the fast-food companies

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and blaming them[br]for their obesity and illnesses,

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a lawsuit was filed in New York[br]on behalf of two teenage girls,

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one who was 14 years old,[br]4'10", and 170 pounds,

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the other, 19 years old,[br]5'6", and 270 pounds.

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The unthinkable[br]had suddenly become reality.

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People were suing the golden[br]arches for selling them food

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that most of us know isn't[br]good for you to begin with

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yet each day,[br]one in four Americans

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visits a fast-food restaurant.

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And this hunger for fast food[br]isn't just in America.

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it's happening[br]on a global basis.

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McDonald’s alone operates[br]more than 30,000 joints

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in over 100 countries[br]on 6 continents

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and feeds more than 46 million[br]people worldwide every day.

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That's more than[br]the entire population of Spain.

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In the United States alone,

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McDonald’s accounts for 43 %[br]of the total fast-food market.

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They're everywhere --[br]Wal-Mart's, airports, rest stops,

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gas stations, train stations,[br]shopping malls,

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department stores,[br]amusement parts, even hospitals.

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That's right -- hospitals.

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At least you're close[br]when the coronary kicks in.

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Lawyers for McDonald's[br]called the suits "frivolous",

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stating that the dangers of[br]its food are universally known

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and that these kids can't show[br]that their weight problems

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and health woes were caused[br]solely by their McDiets.

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The judge states, however,

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that if lawyers[br]for the teens can show

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that McDonald's intends[br]for people to eat its food

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for every meal of every day

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and that doing so would be[br]unreasonably dangerous,

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they may be able[br]to state a claim.

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Are the food companies solely[br]to blame for this epidemic?

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Where does personal[br]responsibility stop

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and corporate responsibility[br]begin?

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Is fast food[br]really that bad for you?

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I mean, what would happen[br]if I ate nothing but McDonald's

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for 30 days straight?

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Would I suddenly be[br]on the fast track

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to becoming an obese American?

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Would it be[br]unreasonably dangerous?

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Let's find out.

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I’m ready.

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Super-size me.

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[QUEEN'S "FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS" PLAYS ]

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# Hey

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# I was just a skinny lad

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# Never knew no good from bad

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# But I knew love[br]before I left my nursery?

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# Left alone[br]with big fat fanny

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# She was such a naughty nanny

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# Heap big woman

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# You made a bad boy out of me

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# Come on

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# Ohhhhh

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# Won't you[br]take me home tonight

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# Ohhhhh

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# Down beside[br]your red firelight

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# Ohhhhh

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# And you give it all you got

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# Fat bottomed girls

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# You make the rockin' world[br]go 'round #

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I knew[br]if I was going to do this,

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I would need some serious[br]medical supervision,

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so I enlisted the help of[br]not one, but three doctors -

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a cardiologist,[br]a gastroenterologist,

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and a general practitioner.

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You're feeling[br]quite well today, yes?

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In general, any fatigue[br]or weight loss, weight gain,

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any change in your vision?

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No fever,[br]no earache, no cough

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no shortness of breath,[br]no chest pain...

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...nausea,[br]vomiting, heartburn?

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Dr. Isaacs: no hospitalizations[br]for illness?

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Do you take[br]any medications of any sort?

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I’ve just been[br]taking vitamins.

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Any food allergies[br]or anything?

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No.

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There's no heart disease[br]or diabetes or blood pressure

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or cancer[br]in the immediate family?

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My grandfather's had[br]a couple open-heart surgeries.

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One out of four[br]grandparents is dead.

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Yeah.

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Good genes.[br]That's the important thing.

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- Any alcohol use?[br]- Now? None.

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You don't smoke?

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I used to, but I don't.

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Any drug use at all?

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Not for a long time.

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- Are you sexually active at present?[br]- Yes.

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- A girlfriend?[br]- Yes.

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Is there anything[br]we didn't cover?

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Is there anything else[br]you need to tell me?

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I don't think so.

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"Patient is embarking[br]on a one-month McDonald's binge."

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Very good.

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You might have something[br]called white coats.

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140 over about 95.

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130 over 105.

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120 over 80.

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That's what it is?

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The other guys[br]are stressing me out.

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You're much more relaxed.

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I tend to do that[br]to my patients.

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Swallow, please.

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[ GULPS ]

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Your reflexes are perfect.

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Good. Back out.[br]Normal.

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Say "ah."

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Everything[br]looks pretty normal here.

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Good.

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We'll skip[br]checking for hernias.

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We're gonna[br]do a rectal exam.

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I like to be more[br]thorough than that.

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And I like doctors[br]to be thorough.

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You're gonna go downstairs[br]and get your bloods drawn.

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So, the reason[br]we have you fasting

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is the true cholesterol[br]and glucose number is fasting.

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So, if you had, like,[br]a bacon, egg, and cheese

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your cholesterol[br]would be way high,

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or if you had orange juice,[br]your glucose would be high.

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Three down.

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Your blood tests[br]are excellent.

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Your starting off with[br]a total cholesterol of 168

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which is less than 200,[br]which is really superb

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your blood level's fine.

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Your iron level[br]is good as well.

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you have no evidence[br]of diabetes.

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Your fasting blood sugar[br]is very low.

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the other thing[br]that we looked at

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were all your electrolytes[br]in terms of salts in your blood,

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your kidney function,[br]your liver function.

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They were all perfect.

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Your triglycerides, which is[br]your building blocks of fat --

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basically, what you acquire[br]from eating fat --

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is 43, which is low,[br]which is good.

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Your general health,[br]you know...is outstanding.

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Your urinalysis is great.

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So, you're[br]starting off terrific.

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I think[br]the worst-case scenario

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is that you increase[br]your triglycerides

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and your cholesterol level,

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and if you have any he[br]art disease in the family --

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underlying heart disease --

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you're putting[br]your heart at risk.

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I expect to see an increase[br]in your triglycerides,

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because[br]that can be affected.

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You're at 87 now,[br]and I think that will change.

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I think that's the only thing[br]that will change.

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Out of everything?

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Out of everything.

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There might be[br]some minor variations,

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but the body[br]is extremely adaptable,

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and the kidneys will handle[br]any extra salt you're taking in,

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and your liver will be able[br]to metabolize additional fats.

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As far as you gaining weight,[br]you probably will.

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As far as your cholesterol[br]going up, it probably will.

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As far as you[br]feeling miserable, may be.

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I don't know.

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Unless you start cheating[br]and just order the salads.

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I also went to a fancy[br]new York wellness center

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to meet a registered dietician

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who would help[br]track my progress.

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Okay, let's start with[br]getting your height and weight.

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I’m 6'2".

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I weight about 185.

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For your height,[br]this is a healthy weight.

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I can tell you that[br]right now.

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Your BMI,[br]which is the body mass index,

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is within normal limits,[br]which means you're not obese.

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You're actually[br]at the correct weight.

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So, I should keep a checklist[br]of the things that I eat

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for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

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Your calorie needs[br]are gonna be averaging

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about 2,500 calories a day.

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As far as fat goes,[br]for 2,500 calories,

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you're gonna want about[br]80 grams of total fat in a day.

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The saturated fat, which is[br]a component of total fat,

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you want to have[br]less than 25 grams a day.

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Don't try to overindulge[br]too much.

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Good luck, Morgan.

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Hi, there. I'm Eric Rowley,[br]our exercise physiologist.

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Great.

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Rowley:[br]the official weigh-in...

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1851/2.

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We'll go through[br]the cardiovascular assessment,

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and then I'll be able[br]to calculate

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how much oxygen[br]your muscles can utilize,

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and that's also an indicator

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of what type of condition your[br]cardiovascular system is in.

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All right, good work.

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I’m gonna use[br]these skinfold calipers

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to estimate[br]your body density.

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You're 11% body fat.[br]that's great.

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We're gonna[br]measure your flexibility

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of your hamstrings, your hips,[br]and your lower back.

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Good, good.[br]very nice.

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38 centimeters[br]was your best.

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There's a basic[br]old-school test

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for muscular strength[br]and endurance.

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36. Good job.

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You're above average

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above average fitness[br]for your age group,

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definitely, I'd say[br]you're at a good spot right now.

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More than 60% of Americans[br]get no form of exercise,

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so for the next 30 days,[br]neither will I.

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But I'll still have to walk.

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How much does the average[br]American walk a day?

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We have these pedometers[br]that we put on people,

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step counters.

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You could very roughly[br]estimate at about 2,000 steps,

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because 2,000[br]would make a mile.

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And we know that people[br]that work in office settings,

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who drive a car[br]to and from work,

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who take an elevator[br]up to that office,

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may take as little[br]as 2,500 or 3,000 steps

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in their entire day.

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If you wanted to feel physically[br]like a lot of Americans do,

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then you'd limit yourself[br]to about 5,000 steps a day.

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Us New Yorkers --[br]we walk everywhere.

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We walk to work,[br]to the park, to the store.

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Most of us don't even own cars.

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The average New Yorker will walk[br]four to five miles a day --

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a day!

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That's a lot of walking.

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I’ll also have the blessing[br]of being close to a food source

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almost everywhere I go.

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I walk past three golden arches[br]just on my way to the office --

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three in just over a mile.

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There are more Mickey D's[br]in Manhattan

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than anywhere else in the world.

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This tiny little island[br]is less than 13 miles long

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by 2 miles wide,[br]22.4 square miles,

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and packed into that area[br]are 83 McDonald's,

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nearly four per square mile.

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There are[br]twice as many Mac Shacks

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as there are Burger Kings,

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and there are[br]more McDonald's than KFC,

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Wendy's, Popeye's,[br]and Taco Bell combined.

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That's a lot of burger.

0:12:51.083,0:12:53.084
I know he's[br]gonna do it for a month,

0:12:53.085,0:12:56.589
but I think after a week,[br]he's gonna be really irritated.

0:12:56.590,0:12:59.091
I think it's gonna[br]affect our relationship.

0:12:59.092,0:13:01.594
MAN:[br]You are a vegan chef.

0:13:02.094,0:13:04.095
Yes, I'm a vegan chef.

0:13:04.096,0:13:07.099
Ugh. I just don't[br]know if I can --

0:13:07.100,0:13:09.100
of course I will.

0:13:09.101,0:13:11.604
I’ll sit next to him[br]while he eats McDonald's.

0:13:11.605,0:13:12.604
Of course I will.

0:13:12.605,0:13:17.109
I’m just gonna be[br]rolling my eyes the whole time.

0:13:17.610,0:13:19.612
[ DISHES CLANKING ]

0:13:24.617,0:13:27.118
ALEX:[br]I have a vegetable tart

0:13:27.119,0:13:30.122
and a quinoa[br]and roasted veggie salad

0:13:30.123,0:13:33.125
artichokes,[br]and a simple green salad --

0:13:33.126,0:13:36.128
all beautiful, organic,[br]fresh vegetables

0:13:36.129,0:13:38.129
that you're gonna[br]miss so much.

0:13:38.130,0:13:40.633
What am I gonna have[br]that's organic?

0:13:40.634,0:13:42.634
In the next month?[br]Nothing?

0:13:42.635,0:13:45.137
You're only gonna have[br]genetically modified potatoes

0:13:45.638,0:13:47.640
I’m gonna eat as many[br]vegetables as I can tonight.

0:13:47.641,0:13:48.641
There's plenty[br]here for you.

0:13:49.141,0:13:50.643
That's really good.

0:13:50.644,0:13:52.143
Thanks.

0:13:52.144,0:13:54.646
Have they improved their cookies[br]in the last 10 years?

0:13:54.647,0:13:57.149
Last time I had them, they were[br]like little hockey pucks.

0:13:57.150,0:13:59.151
I don't know.[br]We'll see.

0:14:08.160,0:14:10.662
It's the first day,

0:14:10.663,0:14:14.666
and I'm on my way[br]to breakfast.

0:14:14.667,0:14:20.172
Could I get an egg McMuffin[br]extra value meal?

0:14:20.173,0:14:21.674
Every 8-year-old's[br]dream right now

0:14:22.174,0:14:23.676
that I'm getting ready[br]to fulfill.

0:14:23.677,0:14:25.678
I got my egg McMuffin.

0:14:26.178,0:14:28.681
That's gonna be[br]the first thing right there.

0:14:36.188,0:14:38.690
[ SLURPING ]

0:14:38.691,0:14:41.693
This McDonald's[br]delivers for free.

0:14:41.694,0:14:43.695
All I did today[br]was leave my apartment,

0:14:43.696,0:14:46.198
walk down the stairs,[br]and walk to the McDonald's --

0:14:46.699,0:14:47.699
1,272 steps.

0:14:47.700,0:14:50.703
So, we got to go to the corner[br]and we got to get a cab.

0:14:53.205,0:14:55.207
The cabs are gonna[br]add up in this thing.

0:14:55.208,0:14:56.208
I can tell already.

0:14:56.709,0:14:59.210
I got my scorecard,

0:14:59.211,0:15:01.714
and in here,[br]I had one egg McMuffin.

0:15:01.715,0:15:03.716
I had one sausage biscuit.

0:15:08.721,0:15:09.722
Do you eat fast food?

0:15:10.222,0:15:11.223
Once in a while.

0:15:11.224,0:15:12.224
Yeah? How often?

0:15:12.725,0:15:14.727
I’d say probably[br]once every two weeks.

0:15:14.728,0:15:17.730
Three, four times[br]a week maybe.

0:15:17.731,0:15:19.230
In France, yes.

0:15:19.231,0:15:22.735
But here, no.[br]I don't like here.

0:15:23.235,0:15:26.238
It doesn't sound[br]very...clean.

0:15:26.239,0:15:29.241
And what's[br]your favorite place?

0:15:29.242,0:15:30.242
Probably Wendy's.

0:15:30.243,0:15:31.243
McDo.

0:15:31.744,0:15:32.995
Taco Bell.

0:15:32.996,0:15:34.245
Taco Bell.

0:15:34.246,0:15:36.247
McDonald’s is pretty close.

0:15:36.248,0:15:38.250
Do you ever have[br]super sized cokes?

0:15:38.251,0:15:40.252
No, in France...

0:15:40.753,0:15:46.258
the small size here,[br]it's a bigger size in France.

0:15:46.259,0:15:48.761
Even the small size here,[br]I can't drink.

0:15:48.762,0:15:51.263
There are rules[br]to what's going on here

0:15:51.264,0:15:52.264
in this whole process.

0:15:52.765,0:15:55.017
I will only super-size it[br]if they ask me.

0:15:55.018,0:15:57.269
I can only eat things[br]that are for sale

0:15:57.270,0:15:58.771
over the counter at McDonald's,

0:15:58.772,0:16:00.271
water included.

0:16:00.272,0:16:02.274
If McDonald's doesn't sell it,[br]I can't eat it.

0:16:02.775,0:16:04.276
I have to have[br]everything on the menu

0:16:04.777,0:16:06.277
at least once[br]over the next 30 days,

0:16:06.278,0:16:08.781
and I have to have[br]three squares a day --

0:16:08.782,0:16:10.282
breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

0:16:10.283,0:16:11.783
No excuses.

0:16:11.784,0:16:13.284
Oh, I love Big Macs.

0:16:13.285,0:16:15.286
This is probably[br]the first time in a long time

0:16:15.287,0:16:17.790
that I've seen a big Mac[br]that looks like the picture,

0:16:17.791,0:16:20.292
that actually almost[br]looks like the picture.

0:16:20.293,0:16:21.293
Look at that.

0:16:21.794,0:16:24.295
Big Macs never look this good.

0:16:24.296,0:16:27.800
You got to come to Chinatown[br]for the good big Macs.

0:16:27.801,0:16:29.301
Mmm.

0:16:43.615,0:16:45.616
You've heard[br]about all these people

0:16:45.617,0:16:47.619
who are suing[br]these fast-food companies.

0:16:47.620,0:16:49.121
Yes, I've heard of them.

0:16:49.122,0:16:50.621
I think it's ridiculous,

0:16:50.622,0:16:56.628
but it's the American[br]way to sue for everything.

0:16:56.629,0:16:59.631
I’d throw the lawsuit out[br]if I was a judge.

0:16:59.632,0:17:01.133
And like I was saying,

0:17:01.633,0:17:04.636
if these fast-food places[br]can put their signs up,

0:17:04.637,0:17:07.638
if I can walk by them[br]and just totally ignore them

0:17:08.140,0:17:10.142
and say, "I'm not hungry.[br]I don't need this,"

0:17:10.642,0:17:12.143
they can do it, too.

0:17:12.144,0:17:14.646
We don't have to go there.[br]We don't have to shop with them.

0:17:14.646,0:17:17.148
we can easily go in McDonald's[br]and grab a salad,

0:17:17.150,0:17:18.150
but we choose not to.

0:17:18.650,0:17:21.652
Now, if the McDonald's[br]refused them service,

0:17:21.653,0:17:25.657
they'd be in court again saying,[br]"we were refused service."

0:17:25.658,0:17:28.659
so you can't win if you try[br]in this world.

0:17:28.660,0:17:31.663
I think there's a lot of focus[br]on the fast-food companies

0:17:32.164,0:17:33.664
because they are mentioned more

0:17:33.665,0:17:36.167
than virtually[br]all the other causes

0:17:36.168,0:17:38.670
in most of the articles[br]and books and studies

0:17:38.671,0:17:40.672
about why it's[br]a sudden epidemic.

0:17:41.173,0:17:43.175
Again, it can't be[br]the neighborhood restaurant.

0:17:43.176,0:17:45.177
We've had[br]neighborhood restaurants

0:17:45.178,0:17:46.177
for hundreds of years.

0:17:46.178,0:17:48.179
It can't be the foods[br]we eat at home.

0:17:48.180,0:17:50.682
We've been eating at home[br]for hundreds of years.

0:17:50.683,0:17:52.683
Something is very different.

0:17:52.684,0:17:57.689
I think the figure is we eat out[br]something like 40% of our meals.

0:17:57.690,0:17:59.691
MORGAN: John Banzhaf[br]is currently spearheading

0:17:59.692,0:18:01.193
the attacks[br]against the food industry,

0:18:01.194,0:18:02.693
advising many of the lawyers

0:18:02.694,0:18:04.696
who are currently[br]going through the process.

0:18:04.697,0:18:06.197
People say he's crazy,

0:18:06.198,0:18:08.450
but that's what[br]they used to say about him

0:18:08.451,0:18:10.702
when he first sued[br]the tobacco companies...

0:18:10.703,0:18:12.703
until he won.

0:18:12.704,0:18:15.206
I think in terms[br]of responsibility,

0:18:15.207,0:18:18.210
it's fair to point[br]the big gun at McDonald's.

0:18:18.211,0:18:20.711
McDonald’s is[br]one of the biggest

0:18:20.712,0:18:24.215
but, more importantly,[br]it is the one which,

0:18:24.216,0:18:27.719
far more than all the others,[br]lures in young children.

0:18:28.220,0:18:32.224
They have the playgrounds,[br]the closed, indoor playgrounds.

0:18:32.225,0:18:34.226
Many places,[br]there are no other playgrounds.

0:18:34.227,0:18:35.727
You've got to[br]take your kid there.

0:18:36.228,0:18:37.728
So even at 2 and 3 and 4,

0:18:37.729,0:18:40.731
those kids are being[br]lured into there.

0:18:40.732,0:18:42.984
McDonald’s is very heavy[br]on birthday parties.

0:18:42.985,0:18:45.237
They, of course,[br]pioneered the happy meals,

0:18:45.238,0:18:46.737
now the mighty kids' meals also

0:18:46.738,0:18:49.241
with those little[br]"gotta have 'em" toys.

0:18:49.242,0:18:50.741
So they get the kids in.

0:18:50.742,0:18:53.745
And, of course, the whole clown.[br]McDonald's has the clown.

0:18:53.746,0:18:56.248
A lot of those ads[br]appeal primarily to kids.

0:18:56.249,0:18:59.001
There's a cartoon on TV[br]which features him.

0:18:59.002,0:19:01.752
So they, more than others,[br]lure the kids in.

0:19:01.753,0:19:05.257
I think all of us are far more[br]concerned about the kids.

0:19:05.258,0:19:07.259
MORGAN: Another man[br]who is worried about the kids

0:19:07.260,0:19:08.760
is Samuel Hirsch.

0:19:09.261,0:19:12.264
He represents the two girls[br]who are suing McDonald's,

0:19:12.265,0:19:15.267
with much advisement[br]coming from professor Banzhaf.

0:19:15.268,0:19:18.771
Why are you suing[br]the fast-food establishment?

0:19:18.772,0:19:22.274
You mean motives besides[br]monetary recompensation?

0:19:22.275,0:19:25.277
You mean you want[br]to hear a noble cause?

0:19:25.278,0:19:26.778
Is that it?

0:19:28.280,0:19:29.780
Um...

0:19:29.781,0:19:31.282
I think that fast foods

0:19:31.283,0:19:34.286
are a major contributor[br]to this epidemic.

0:19:34.786,0:19:36.287
MORGAN: In 2000,[br]Dr. David Satcher

0:19:36.288,0:19:37.788
became the first surgeon general

0:19:37.789,0:19:39.791
to draw attention[br]to the obesity crisis,

0:19:40.292,0:19:41.793
declaring it[br]a national epidemic.

0:19:42.294,0:19:46.298
Now, remember,[br]we're super-sizing everything.

0:19:46.798,0:19:49.300
You go to any fast food store,

0:19:49.301,0:19:52.804
and they're trained to tell you[br]to buy a bigger size.

0:19:52.805,0:19:55.807
For five cents more,[br]you can get the super size.

0:19:55.808,0:19:58.560
Federal government[br]will define a piece of meat,

0:19:58.561,0:20:01.313
three ounces of meat,[br]as a sensible portion,

0:20:01.314,0:20:03.315
and that looks like[br]a deck of cards.

0:20:03.815,0:20:06.318
Few people would be able[br]to find this deck of cards

0:20:06.818,0:20:09.321
if they were served a piece of[br]meat, a steak, in a restaurant.

0:20:09.322,0:20:11.823
It would probably be about[br]four or five times this size.

0:20:12.324,0:20:14.326
One typical bagel[br]that one is eating

0:20:14.327,0:20:16.827
that looks something like this

0:20:16.828,0:20:19.831
is going to comprise[br]five servings of bread.

0:20:19.832,0:20:22.334
When fast food companies[br]first opened,

0:20:22.335,0:20:24.837
they generally[br]introduced one size.

0:20:24.838,0:20:27.338
For example,[br]one size French fries

0:20:27.339,0:20:30.842
when McDonald's first opened,[br]called "fries."

0:20:30.843,0:20:33.845
that size fries[br]is now called "small."

0:20:33.846,0:20:37.849
Medium, large, and super size.

0:20:38.350,0:20:40.852
That original size[br]is still here.

0:20:40.853,0:20:42.354
It's got about 200 calories.

0:20:42.854,0:20:45.857
but the super size is gonna[br]pack in over 600 calories.

0:20:45.858,0:20:47.858
When Burger King first opened,

0:20:47.859,0:20:51.363
they had a 12-ounce small[br]and a 16-ounce large.

0:20:51.364,0:20:52.864
This 12-ounce is now kiddy.

0:20:53.365,0:20:55.867
The 16-ounce is now the small...

0:20:55.868,0:20:58.370
the medium, the 32, and the 42

0:20:58.870,0:21:01.373
and this is across the board[br]with all fast-food places.

0:21:01.873,0:21:04.376
Cars have introduced[br]larger cup holders

0:21:04.876,0:21:09.381
to accommodate those huge[br]7-eleven double gulps,

0:21:09.382,0:21:11.383
which are 64 ounces,[br]a half gallon,

0:21:11.883,0:21:13.885
and hold anywhere[br]from 600 to 800 calories,

0:21:13.886,0:21:15.887
depending on how much ice[br]you put in.

0:21:16.388,0:21:17.888
MORGAN:[br]A half-gallon of soda?

0:21:17.889,0:21:19.391
A half-gallon of soda[br]for one person,

0:21:19.891,0:21:21.393
48 teaspoons of sugar.

0:21:22.894,0:21:25.397
WOMAN:[br]Hello, may I help you?

0:21:25.398,0:21:26.398
Yeah, could I get

0:21:26.898,0:21:29.901
the double quarter pounder[br]with cheese meal?

0:21:29.902,0:21:31.403
Large or super size?

0:21:31.903,0:21:34.906
I think I'm gonna[br]have to go super size.

0:21:35.907,0:21:38.910
[ LAUGHING ] look at that.[br]look at that coke.

0:21:38.911,0:21:41.413
That barely fits in there.

0:21:41.414,0:21:43.415
[ LAUGHING ][br]Oh, shit!

0:21:43.416,0:21:45.417
I’ve got a -- look at that.

0:21:45.917,0:21:48.169
look at how big that thing is.

0:21:48.170,0:21:50.421
Look how big that French fry is.

0:21:50.422,0:21:53.174
That thing is,[br]like, four feet tall.

0:21:53.175,0:21:55.927
Double quarter pounder[br]with cheese.

0:21:56.428,0:21:57.929
More calories than anything.

0:21:58.430,0:22:00.432
There it is --[br]a little bit of heaven.

0:22:00.932,0:22:01.933
[ SMOOCHES ]

0:22:01.934,0:22:03.935
Mmm!

0:22:13.445,0:22:15.447
That's a lot of food, man.

0:22:15.947,0:22:17.449
I’ll tell you what...

0:22:20.452,0:22:23.455
You get[br]all that super sized stuff,

0:22:23.456,0:22:26.458
that stuff gets super sized, man...

0:22:26.459,0:22:28.210
Look at that.

0:22:28.211,0:22:29.960
I just put a --

0:22:29.961,0:22:33.965
I’m not even halfway done[br]with those fries.

0:22:33.966,0:22:35.467
Not even halfway.

0:22:37.969,0:22:39.471
[ GROANS ]

0:22:41.973,0:22:43.975
This is like a workout.

0:22:46.978,0:22:48.479
See, now's the time of the meal

0:22:48.480,0:22:50.482
when you start getting[br]the McStomachache.

0:22:50.982,0:22:55.487
You start getting the McTummy.[br]You get the McGurgles in there.

0:22:55.488,0:22:57.488
You get the McBrick.

0:22:57.489,0:22:59.991
And then you get[br]the McStomachache.

0:23:00.492,0:23:03.495
Right now I got some McGee[br]that's rockin'.

0:23:03.496,0:23:05.497
MAN:[br]Are you sweating there?

0:23:05.997,0:23:08.500
My arms -- I feel like[br]I got some McSweats going.

0:23:08.501,0:23:10.501
My arms got the McTwitches[br]going in here

0:23:10.502,0:23:13.505
from all of the sugar that's[br]going in my body right now.

0:23:15.507,0:23:17.509
I’m feeling a little McCrazy.

0:23:19.511,0:23:22.012
[ GROANING ]

0:23:22.013,0:23:24.014
Just give me a minute.

0:23:24.015,0:23:27.018
[ LAUGHING ][br]I'm in pure McDonald's Heaven.

0:23:27.519,0:23:29.019
[ LAUGHS ]

0:23:29.020,0:23:32.524
ALEX: This is gonna be you,[br]like, after every meal.

0:23:34.526,0:23:37.529
I’m dying.

0:23:40.031,0:23:42.033
God,[br]that looks so nasty.

0:23:42.034,0:23:43.034
[ BURPS ]

0:23:43.535,0:23:46.037
It's making me puke.

0:23:50.542,0:23:53.044
[ VOMITING ]

0:24:08.059,0:24:09.561
Ohhh...

0:24:11.563,0:24:14.065
You all right?

0:24:14.066,0:24:15.567
Yeah.

0:24:23.008,0:24:24.759
I believe we live[br]in a toxic-food

0:24:24.760,0:24:26.636
and physical-inactivity[br]environment.

0:24:26.637,0:24:28.512
That is,[br]we live in an environment

0:24:28.513,0:24:31.015
that almost guarantees[br]that we become sick.

0:24:31.016,0:24:34.519
Not 100% of people become sick,[br]but the numbers of people who do

0:24:34.520,0:24:37.021
are growing[br]and growing and growing.

0:24:37.022,0:24:40.025
I don't believe that "toxic"[br]is too strong a word, either,

0:24:40.026,0:24:43.027
because an epidemic of obesity

0:24:43.028,0:24:45.029
where 60% of the population[br]is suffering

0:24:45.030,0:24:47.532
and record numbers[br]of children are having this

0:24:47.533,0:24:49.533
is a crisis by any standard.

0:24:49.534,0:24:52.537
MORGAN: The toxic environment[br]is constant access

0:24:52.538,0:24:54.039
to cheap, fat-laden foods.

0:24:54.539,0:24:57.542
It's gas stations that sell[br]more candy and sodas than gas.

0:24:57.543,0:24:59.544
It's a nation where there[br]are more than 3 million

0:24:59.545,0:25:01.045
soda vending machines.

0:25:01.046,0:25:02.547
That's one[br]for every 97 Americans.

0:25:03.048,0:25:05.550
It's a world where people depend[br]completely on their cars

0:25:06.051,0:25:07.052
for transportation

0:25:07.552,0:25:09.804
and where walking[br]has become such a chore

0:25:09.805,0:25:12.057
that we rely on machines[br]to do it for us.

0:25:14.059,0:25:17.062
My stomach[br]feels horrible this morning.

0:25:17.063,0:25:19.064
It doesn't feel good at all.

0:25:21.066,0:25:22.567
There we go.

0:25:23.068,0:25:25.570
I’m getting this really weird[br]feeling right in my midsection,

0:25:25.571,0:25:28.073
basically in my penis right now,[br]and it's just like this --

0:25:28.573,0:25:31.576
[ MAKES WHOOSHING NOISE ]

0:25:32.077,0:25:33.328
It's really freaky.

0:25:33.329,0:25:34.579
That is very odd.

0:25:34.580,0:25:35.580
Yeah.

0:25:36.081,0:25:38.082
It could be[br]from the caffeine,

0:25:38.083,0:25:41.086
but I couldn't really[br]pinpoint that 100%.

0:25:41.087,0:25:44.089
I have a delivery for Mr. Morgan.

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$13.39.

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$13.39.

0:25:47.092,0:25:48.593
I made it[br]over the three-day hump.

0:25:49.094,0:25:50.594
You know[br]how when you quit smoking --

0:25:50.595,0:25:53.098
I don't know how many of you[br]out there smoke cigarettes,

0:25:53.099,0:25:55.599
but you should stop.

0:25:55.600,0:25:59.604
I quit smoking.[br]and there's the three-day hump.

0:25:59.605,0:26:03.608
[ LAUGHING ] Three-day --[br]it's the three-day hump

0:26:03.609,0:26:06.110
when you quit[br]smoking cigarettes.

0:26:06.111,0:26:09.114
If you can make it[br]over those three days

0:26:09.115,0:26:11.615
without smoking one cigarette,

0:26:11.616,0:26:15.120
if you can make it past day one,[br]day two, day three, you're fine.

0:26:15.121,0:26:17.122
Same thing with this.

0:26:17.123,0:26:19.124
I made it past day three.

0:26:19.125,0:26:20.624
I’m all right.

0:26:20.625,0:26:25.630
Left unabated,[br]obesity would overtake smoking

0:26:26.131,0:26:29.134
as the leading preventable cause[br]of death in this country.

0:26:29.135,0:26:31.136
SULLUM: I was at this meal,[br]and it came up

0:26:31.636,0:26:33.138
that one of the people[br]was a smoker,

0:26:33.638,0:26:36.641
and somebody else at the table[br]started hectoring them about it.

0:26:36.642,0:26:38.142
"What's the matter with you?

0:26:38.143,0:26:40.144
"Don't you know[br]how bad it is for you?

0:26:40.145,0:26:42.147
"It'll do this, that,[br]and the other thing to you,

0:26:42.647,0:26:43.647
and you really should stop."

0:26:43.648,0:26:46.151
And the smoker,[br]rather than saying, "fuck you,

0:26:46.152,0:26:47.152
mind your own business" --

0:26:47.652,0:26:49.154
Which, I think,[br]is the appropriate response --

0:26:49.155,0:26:51.156
was abashed and defensive.

0:26:51.157,0:26:53.158
"Oh, I tried to quit,"

0:26:53.658,0:26:55.159
and, "yeah,[br]I'm gonna try again,"

0:26:55.160,0:26:57.161
and "you're right,[br]you're right," and so on.

0:26:57.162,0:26:59.164
At that same table,[br]there was a quite large woman,

0:26:59.664,0:27:01.666
and I was wondering --[br]what if this guy,

0:27:01.667,0:27:03.668
instead of confronting[br]the smoker,

0:27:04.169,0:27:05.669
had said to the large woman,

0:27:05.670,0:27:07.671
"what's the matter with you,[br]you fat pig?

0:27:07.672,0:27:10.174
"don't you know how dangerous[br]it is to be so overweight?

0:27:10.175,0:27:13.178
"Stop eating, for god's sake.[br]And don't you dare get dessert,

0:27:13.179,0:27:14.679
and what's the matter with you?"

0:27:14.680,0:27:16.180
Same logic.

0:27:16.181,0:27:18.683
I’d be hard-pressed[br]to find a distinction

0:27:18.684,0:27:20.684
between those two examples.

0:27:20.685,0:27:23.188
So, one is now[br]socially acceptable --

0:27:23.189,0:27:24.689
to hector smokers --

0:27:25.190,0:27:28.193
but the other one[br]isn't quite yet.

0:27:28.194,0:27:29.194
So the question is,

0:27:29.694,0:27:31.696
at what point[br]will it become acceptable

0:27:31.697,0:27:34.698
to publicly hector fat people

0:27:34.699,0:27:38.703
in the way that smokers[br]are publicly hectored?

0:27:38.704,0:27:42.707
A secret study[br]by one of the tobacco companies

0:27:42.708,0:27:46.210
had the ominous title --[br]something like,

0:27:46.211,0:27:50.215
"brand imprinting[br]for later actuation in life."

0:27:50.216,0:27:53.718
They would buy[br]the little toy cigarettes,

0:27:54.219,0:27:57.222
and they'd start[br]play-smoking them

0:27:57.223,0:27:58.222
at 4 or 5 or 6.

0:27:58.223,0:28:00.724
Wouldn't even[br]notice the pack.

0:28:00.725,0:28:02.727
If you asked them[br]what pack it was,

0:28:02.728,0:28:04.228
they wouldn't notice it,

0:28:04.229,0:28:06.731
but the theory was that[br]somewhere, it's buried in here,

0:28:07.232,0:28:09.734
and then when they get to[br]the age where they're smoking,

0:28:10.235,0:28:11.235
without even realizing it,

0:28:11.236,0:28:13.738
they're going for that pack[br]that they recognize

0:28:13.739,0:28:16.241
because it had[br]those nice feelings for them

0:28:16.242,0:28:17.742
when they were[br]little kids.

0:28:17.743,0:28:18.742
The same way here --

0:28:18.743,0:28:20.245
they're satisfied,[br]it's nice,

0:28:20.745,0:28:22.247
they remember[br]the warm feelings

0:28:22.747,0:28:24.249
of playing[br]and getting the toy,

0:28:24.250,0:28:27.002
being with mom and dad.

0:28:27.003,0:28:29.754
It's gonna carry through.

0:28:30.255,0:28:31.256
That's why[br]when I have kids,

0:28:31.756,0:28:33.758
every time I drive[br]by a fast-food restaurant,

0:28:33.759,0:28:35.260
I’m gonna[br]punch my kid in the face

0:28:35.261,0:28:38.262
[ LAUGHTER ]

0:28:38.263,0:28:40.265
Then we'll never[br]want to come.

0:28:40.765,0:28:44.269
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:28:44.769,0:28:47.271
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:28:47.272,0:28:49.774
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:28:50.275,0:28:52.777
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:28:55.780,0:28:58.283
# McDonald's will make you fat

0:28:58.783,0:29:00.284
# They serve big Macs

0:29:00.285,0:29:01.286
# They serve quarter pounders

0:29:01.786,0:29:04.789
# They will put pounds on you

0:29:05.290,0:29:07.792
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:29:07.793,0:29:10.545
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:29:10.546,0:29:13.423
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's

0:29:13.424,0:29:16.300
# Rock 'n' roll McDonald's #

0:29:16.301,0:29:19.304
One of the most disturbing[br]things to me

0:29:19.305,0:29:22.307
is that in the last[br]20 to 25 years,

0:29:22.308,0:29:24.308
we've actually seen a doubling

0:29:24.309,0:29:27.312
of overweight and obese[br]children and adolescents.

0:29:27.812,0:29:29.314
MORGAN: And this weight gain[br]has been linked

0:29:29.814,0:29:31.816
to countless health problems[br]later in life, such as...

0:29:52.337,0:29:54.838
In fact,[br]if current trends continue

0:29:54.839,0:29:57.842
one out of every three children[br]born in the year 2000

0:29:58.343,0:30:01.346
will develop diabetes[br]in their lifetime.

0:30:04.349,0:30:06.351
[ APPLAUSE ]

0:30:08.353,0:30:11.856
At least 17 million Americans[br]now have type 2 diabetes,

0:30:12.357,0:30:14.858
about one[br]out of every 20 people.

0:30:14.859,0:30:18.862
If the diabetes starts[br]before the age of 15,

0:30:18.863,0:30:25.370
you lose somewhere between[br]17 and 27 years of life-span.

0:30:25.371,0:30:27.371
according to the new research,

0:30:27.372,0:30:30.375
the direct medical costs[br]associated with diabetes

0:30:30.376,0:30:31.875
have doubled.

0:30:31.876,0:30:36.881
The direct medical costs have[br]doubled in the past five years,

0:30:36.882,0:30:43.887
from $44 billion in 1997[br]to $92 billion in 2002.

0:30:43.888,0:30:49.394
Somewhere in the neighborhood of[br]about 20% of the obese children

0:30:49.395,0:30:52.897
have elevated abnormal[br]liver function tests,

0:30:53.398,0:30:55.899
and we have now started a study

0:30:55.900,0:30:57.402
where we're[br]biopsying these children

0:30:57.902,0:30:59.904
to see what their livers[br]actually look like

0:30:59.905,0:31:01.406
under the microscope,

0:31:01.906,0:31:05.409
and half of them have evidence[br]of scarring of the liver,

0:31:05.410,0:31:08.913
fibrosis of the liver,[br]the early stages of cirrhosis.

0:31:08.914,0:31:11.916
So, when these children[br]end up being adults,

0:31:11.917,0:31:13.417
they're going to end up --

0:31:13.418,0:31:18.423
if they don't change their[br]eating and exercise habits,

0:31:18.424,0:31:22.177
are gonna end up[br]with liver failure

0:31:22.178,0:31:25.930
and, well,[br]either transplant or death.

0:31:29.434,0:31:31.936
Did you want lettuce[br]and mayonnaise on all of them?

0:31:32.437,0:31:34.939
I think it's very, very hard[br]for overweight teenagers

0:31:34.940,0:31:36.941
because you're always[br]going to see

0:31:36.942,0:31:38.943
the thin, pretty,[br]popular girls,

0:31:38.944,0:31:40.944
and you can't help[br]but look at them

0:31:40.945,0:31:44.449
and think, "I wish I was her,"[br]or, "I wish I could have that."

0:31:44.949,0:31:49.454
And it's depressing.[br]It makes you feel like crap.

0:31:49.455,0:31:51.955
That's just how it is,

0:31:51.956,0:31:54.958
and of course[br]it's hard being a teenager

0:31:54.959,0:31:58.463
because you see all the girls[br]in the Cosmo girl

0:31:58.464,0:32:01.965
are teen people,[br]and they're all beautiful,

0:32:01.966,0:32:05.970
and you think, "aren't I[br]supposed to look like that?"

0:32:05.971,0:32:07.971
And it's just not realistic.

0:32:07.972,0:32:10.975
It's not a realistic[br]way to live.

0:32:10.976,0:32:12.976
[ APPLAUSE ]

0:32:12.977,0:32:16.981
So, without further ado,[br]let's welcome Jared Fogle.

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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

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My big thing was never smoking.

0:32:21.986,0:32:22.986
It was never drinking.

0:32:22.987,0:32:24.989
Obviously,[br]it wasn't doing drugs.

0:32:25.490,0:32:26.490
My big vice was food,

0:32:26.491,0:32:31.996
and before I knew it,[br]I wound up weighing 425 pounds.

0:32:32.497,0:32:33.998
I brought in[br]a present for you --

0:32:34.499,0:32:36.501
my old pants[br]that are now made famous

0:32:36.502,0:32:38.503
in all the subway commercials.

0:32:38.504,0:32:41.005
[ APPLAUSE ]

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You're welcome.

0:32:45.009,0:32:47.528
WOMAN: This is[br]my daughter, Victoria.

0:32:47.529,0:32:50.046
She's an eighth-grade[br]honor student,

0:32:50.047,0:32:52.049
and you're a real[br]inspiration to the kids.

0:32:52.050,0:32:53.551
I really[br]appreciate that.

0:32:53.552,0:32:55.303
That's one[br]of the greatest --

0:32:55.304,0:32:57.053
I started[br]putting my weight on

0:32:57.054,0:33:00.057
as you guys know,[br]about third or fourth grade.

0:33:00.058,0:33:02.560
She was real tiny[br]when she was littler,

0:33:02.561,0:33:04.060
and it's been in our family.

0:33:04.061,0:33:06.563
In fact,[br]I had a great-grandfather

0:33:06.564,0:33:09.316
that died[br]and was buried in a piano box

0:33:09.317,0:33:12.069
years and years ago,[br]so it's a history.

0:33:12.070,0:33:13.570
Absolutely.

0:33:13.571,0:33:16.073
And she's been trying[br]to maintain her weight.

0:33:16.074,0:33:18.575
It's tough.[br]it's always a challenge.

0:33:18.576,0:33:21.579
I know as a kid,[br]it's awfully hard these days

0:33:21.580,0:33:23.580
and kids[br]are not always kind.

0:33:23.581,0:33:26.583
No, not at all.[br]And I know that firsthand.

0:33:26.584,0:33:29.086
And the problem is,[br]the world's not gonna change

0:33:29.587,0:33:30.587
You have to change.

0:33:30.588,0:33:33.090
I guess it's kind of cool[br]to know somebody

0:33:33.091,0:33:35.091
or be able[br]to listen to somebody

0:33:35.092,0:33:37.595
talk about actually[br]being where I am right now,

0:33:38.095,0:33:39.596
and it's kind of hard

0:33:39.597,0:33:43.601
because I can't afford[br]to go there every single day

0:33:43.602,0:33:45.853
and buy a sandwich[br]two times a day,

0:33:45.854,0:33:48.105
and that's[br]what he's talking about,

0:33:48.606,0:33:50.106
like that's[br]the only solution.

0:33:50.107,0:33:52.109
That's what he said[br]worked the best,

0:33:52.110,0:33:53.610
but I can't do that.

0:33:53.611,0:33:58.115
And I've tried other ways,[br]and it's kind of hurt my body

0:33:58.116,0:34:01.619
from doing other ways[br]that I've tried to do.

0:34:02.119,0:34:05.623
And it's kind of hard[br]to, like, look at someone

0:34:06.123,0:34:08.125
who says, "hey, I've done it.[br]You can do it."

0:34:08.126,0:34:09.125
but it's not that easy.

0:34:09.126,0:34:11.378
ROBBINS:[br]I’d been sick as a kid.

0:34:11.379,0:34:13.630
I grew up eating[br]a lot of ice cream,

0:34:13.632,0:34:15.130
more than you can believe.

0:34:15.132,0:34:18.886
We had an ice-cream-cone-shape[br]d swimming pool in our backyard.

0:34:18.887,0:34:22.639
We had a commercial freezer with[br]not only all 31 flavors in it,

0:34:22.641,0:34:26.143
but all experimental flavors[br]that were under development.

0:34:26.143,0:34:28.646
And I made myself[br]the official taster.

0:34:28.647,0:34:31.148
I had to approve everything,[br]in my mind.

0:34:31.149,0:34:33.900
And I loved it.[br]What kid wouldn't?

0:34:33.902,0:34:36.654
I literally[br]had unlimited ice cream.

0:34:37.154,0:34:38.656
I ate ice cream for breakfast.

0:34:39.156,0:34:40.658
But I was sick a lot.

0:34:41.158,0:34:43.159
And I wasn't very athletic.

0:34:43.161,0:34:45.161
I was really ill.

0:34:45.161,0:34:47.163
And I didn't feel good.

0:34:47.164,0:34:49.667
So I would kind of appease that[br]by eating more ice cream.

0:34:50.167,0:34:52.669
You can see how the vicious[br]cycle would take place.

0:34:52.670,0:34:55.172
One of the triggering factors[br]for me was my uncle,

0:34:55.173,0:34:57.925
Burt Baskin, my dad's partner[br]and brother-in-law,

0:34:57.926,0:35:00.678
co-founder of the company --[br]died of a heart attack.

0:35:00.679,0:35:02.178
I think he was 51.

0:35:02.179,0:35:05.683
Now, my uncle weighed[br]about 240 pounds --

0:35:05.684,0:35:07.183
heavyset fellow.

0:35:07.184,0:35:10.688
And when he died,[br]as a young man, I asked my dad,

0:35:10.689,0:35:13.691
"Do you think[br]there could be a connection

0:35:13.692,0:35:15.191
between his fatal heart attack

0:35:15.192,0:35:17.194
and the amount[br]of ice cream he would eat?"

0:35:17.695,0:35:19.196
My father said,[br]"No, his ticker just got tired

0:35:19.697,0:35:21.698
and stopped working."

0:35:21.699,0:35:24.200
By this time,[br]he had sold more ice cream

0:35:24.201,0:35:26.704
than any human being that had[br]ever lived on this planet.

0:35:27.204,0:35:29.707
He didn't want to think that[br]the product was hurting anybody,

0:35:29.708,0:35:31.708
that it had contributed[br]to the death

0:35:31.709,0:35:34.211
of his brother-in-law, partner,[br]and, in many ways, best friend.

0:35:34.712,0:35:36.212
No way.

0:35:36.213,0:35:38.715
Ben Cohen,[br]the Ben of "Ben and Jerry's",

0:35:38.716,0:35:41.719
a couple years ago,[br]had a quintuple bypass procedure

0:35:41.720,0:35:44.220
at the age of 49.

0:35:44.221,0:35:46.723
My uncle,[br]Burt Baskin of Baskin-Robbins,

0:35:46.724,0:35:49.225
dies at the age of 51[br]of a heart attack.

0:35:49.226,0:35:52.229
My father, Irv Robbins, the[br]other founder of the company,

0:35:52.230,0:35:55.232
ended up[br]with very serious diabetes.

0:35:55.233,0:35:57.735
You can't deny these links.

0:35:57.736,0:35:59.235
You just can't.

0:35:59.236,0:36:03.240
Yeah, could I get[br]the two-cheeseburger meal?

0:36:03.241,0:36:04.742
Okay, super sized.

0:36:05.242,0:36:06.744
Second time.

0:36:06.745,0:36:07.744
Mmm.

0:36:07.745,0:36:09.246
Thank you, sir.

0:36:09.247,0:36:10.747
Thanks, man.

0:36:10.748,0:36:14.250
BENNETT: After five days[br]on the McDonald's diet,

0:36:14.251,0:36:18.255
what I did was I ran three days'[br]worth of food analysis.

0:36:18.256,0:36:20.758
the needs for you to maintain[br]weight at the 185

0:36:21.258,0:36:23.761
that you were at[br]when you came in -- 186 pounds

0:36:23.762,0:36:26.262
was approximately[br]2,500 calories.

0:36:26.263,0:36:30.768
Right now you're getting[br]almost 5,000 calories a day,

0:36:30.769,0:36:32.769
the average being 4,986.

0:36:32.770,0:36:34.271
I would love for you[br]to take a multivitamin.

0:36:34.772,0:36:36.774
McDonald’s doesn't sell[br]multivitamins.

0:36:37.274,0:36:38.776
Well,[br]here's my new advice,

0:36:39.276,0:36:40.778
is just kind of[br]minimize the meals.

0:36:41.278,0:36:43.280
A substitute for the hot fudge[br]sundae would be the yogurt.

0:36:43.281,0:36:45.783
MORGAN: That is true,[br]if you get the snack size --

0:36:46.283,0:36:47.283
five ounces.

0:36:47.284,0:36:49.786
If you get the regular size[br]without granola,

0:36:49.787,0:36:52.790
it contains nearly as many[br]calories as a strawberry sundae.

0:36:53.290,0:36:55.042
With granola,[br]it has more calories

0:36:55.043,0:36:56.793
than the hot fudge[br]or caramel sundae.

0:36:56.794,0:36:59.797
And if that doesn't make you[br]think twice about the parfaits,

0:36:59.798,0:37:00.797
then how about this?

0:37:00.798,0:37:02.800
There's a big,[br]nappy hair in it!

0:37:02.801,0:37:03.800
That's disgusting.

0:37:03.801,0:37:05.802
I’m gonna show you[br]how we do it.

0:37:05.803,0:37:08.305
You go like this.[br]we go... [ WHISTLES ]

0:37:08.306,0:37:10.808
look, it's long, too![br]did you see that!

0:37:10.809,0:37:13.311
[ LAUGHS ][br]Oh, that's so gross!

0:37:13.312,0:37:15.812
Only the finest at McDonald's.

0:37:15.813,0:37:21.819
Here we are at 190.[br]192, 193, 194.

0:37:21.820,0:37:22.820
No.

0:37:25.823,0:37:28.325
We have to stop everything.[br]I don't believe it.

0:37:28.826,0:37:29.827
195 pounds.

0:37:30.327,0:37:31.829
It can't be.[br]We have to redo this.

0:37:31.830,0:37:33.831
That's zero.

0:37:34.331,0:37:37.334
Second try.

0:37:37.335,0:37:40.336
88, 92, 94.

0:37:40.337,0:37:44.842
You've gained, actually,[br]about 5% of your body weight.

0:37:45.342,0:37:47.344
Losing and gaining weight[br]that fast is not healthy.

0:37:47.845,0:37:49.346
Do you eat fast food?

0:37:49.347,0:37:50.847
Yes, I do.

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[ LAUGHING ][br]Unfortunately.

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Oh, yeah, oh, yeah.[br]love it, love it, love It!

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Love fast food.

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How often[br]do you guys eat it?

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Every week?

0:37:59.356,0:38:01.858
Oh, maybe once[br]or twice a week.

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We're gonna go hit up[br]McDonald's in a little while.

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At least two times today

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you know we ain't had[br]no meal yet today.

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We was just pointing[br]towards McDonald's.

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I get the number two,[br]the cheeseburger

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with the super size coke[br]and fries.

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Super-size it up![br]Make it bacon, 69 cents.

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That's what they say.[br]"Make it bacon."

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Make it bacon, baby.

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How often do you think[br]people should eat fast food?

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I don't know[br]if they should eat it at all.

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I don't know if I should

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I don't know about[br]what they should do.

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Oh, that's baloney!

0:38:33.391,0:38:34.391
It's baloney!

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What they need to do[br]is 25 minutes on that treadmill,

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work out a little,[br]do some push-ups.

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If you do some push-ups[br]when you eat,

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you'll keep[br]your weight down.

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I keep my weight down.

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I hit them push-ups[br]and everything,

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Keep myself cool.

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who has time to do that?[br]we have to work.

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We have to take care of kids.[br]We have to clean.

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so you exercise --[br]you run after your kids.

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[ TRUMPET FANFARE PLAYS ]

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[ SQUAWKING ]

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# Chicken

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[ SQUAWKING ]

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These are the first[br]McNuggets I've had

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in this whole exciting[br]tour of duty.

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Look at that[br]glistening in the sun.

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Mmm.

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Boy, that is miserable.

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I’m not sure what portion of the[br]chicken that's shaped like that.

0:39:26.444,0:39:28.946
I’m guessing[br]this is the foot on the chicken.

0:39:28.947,0:39:30.947
In the lawsuit against them,

0:39:30.948,0:39:32.950
McDonald’s stated[br]in their own defense

0:39:32.951,0:39:35.202
that it's a matter[br]of common knowledge

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that any processing[br]that its foods undergo

0:39:37.454,0:39:41.458
serve to make them more harmful[br]than unprocessed foods.

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Case in point -- McNuggets.

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Originally created[br]from old chickens

0:39:46.331,0:39:47.830
that could no longer lay eggs,

0:39:47.831,0:39:49.833
McNuggets are now[br]made from chickens

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with unusually large breasts.

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They're stripped from the bone

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and ground up[br]into a sort of chicken mash,

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which is then combined

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with all sorts of stabilizers[br]and preservatives,

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pressed into familiar shapes,

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breaded, deep-fried,[br]freeze-dried,

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and then shipped[br]to a McDonald's near you.

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Judge Robert Sweet called them

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"a McFrankenstein creation[br]of various elements

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not utilized by the home cook."

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So, for the past couple days,

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which I haven't[br]shared with everybody --

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it's been a new thing --

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I’ve started to have --[br]not chest pains, but pressure.

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I feel like I got pressure[br]on my chest.

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I figure that's probably[br]not a good thing.

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But neither's[br]eating all this, so...

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I tell you.[br]I haven't smelled bad yet.

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MAN:[br]Yeah, you have.

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No, I haven't.

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You just don't smell[br]how bad you smell.

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Look at that fish filet.

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Look at this thing.

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Oh, God,[br]that looks nasty, man.

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Isn't that horrible?

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Obviously, that's been[br]sitting around all day.

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That, the filet-o-fish.

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Ugh.

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Shit!

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WOMAN:[br]How can I help you?

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Can I get the double quarter[br]pounder with cheese value meal?

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- Okay, thank you.[br]- $4.86.

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I don't feel good today.

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Not that I feel sick,

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but I just feel[br]really depressed,

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you know, for no reason.[br]I mean, things are going great.

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I’ve had a good day.

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I just feel really...

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yeah.

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It's not real hard[br]eating this food all the time,

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just because it tastes good,[br]it makes you feel good.

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I really noticed I'll eat some,

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and just a little while later,[br]I'll be hungry again,

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and I'll want more --[br]more, more, more.

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I’m pretty bored[br]with their menu.

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It only took me nine days.

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But it's pretty good otherwise.

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Nine days.

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[ UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS ]

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# Mmm, do that again

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WOMAN: How many?

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MORGAN: How many's[br]the question.

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We always ask how many,

0:42:09.973,0:42:11.974
and he holds up[br]how many fingers.

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That's it.[br]It's always the "how many"?

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It's just one for now.

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As soon as I got my first car,

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this is the first place[br]I came to.

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I bought three Big Macs,[br]ate them out there.

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I enjoyed them so much,

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I came back about 5:00 at night,[br]bought three more,

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ate them out there,

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came back around 11:00[br]before they closed,

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and ate three more,

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so the first day I came here,[br]I ate nine Big Macs,

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and it was like I couldn't get[br]enough hamburger at that time,

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and Big Macs are so good,

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so I ate 265[br]in the first month.

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MORGAN: How many do you eat[br]a day, usually?

0:42:49.013,0:42:50.013
Usually it's two a day.

0:42:50.514,0:42:53.016
Now, last year,[br]I ate 741 last year.

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That's more than two a day,

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so that means[br]there's days I had three,

0:42:56.521,0:42:58.521
but that's because[br]they're getting smaller.

0:42:58.522,0:43:03.527
Probably 90% of my solid diet[br]is probably Big Macs.

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That parking spot,

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that's where I asked her[br]if she wanted to get married.

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This place is special --[br]a lot of reasons.

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I had one whopper[br]in my life -- 1984.

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A guy gave me 5 bucks[br]to eat a whopper.

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After I ate the whopper,

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took my 5 bucks over to[br]McDonald's, got some Big Macs.

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I always make fun[br]of people at work.

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They say, "I'm gaining weight."

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I say, "well, you should[br]try the Gorske diet."

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they don't like that.

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This is a perfect sandwich,[br]you know.

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At least for me, it is.

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MORGAN: There it is --[br]bite number 19,000.

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GORSKE: The wife says when she's[br]got to put them in a blender,

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it ends.

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That's what she told me.

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Big Mac smoothies.

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# Ooh-ooh-ooh

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# Ooh #

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America’s been McDonaldized,[br]you know.

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It's been franchised out.

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It's like one of those[br]"Flintstones" cartoons

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where they just had something[br]rolling in the background.

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You kept seeing[br]the same buildings go by.

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It's like[br]K-Mart, Wal-Mart, McDonald's,

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K-Mart, Wal-Mart,[br]Wendy's, K-Mart.

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And it's like you have no sense[br]of where you're at anymore.

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The way I look at it[br]is Cezanne was inspired

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by the mountain he saw[br]out his window,

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and when I look out my window,[br]I see no mountains.

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I just see billboards[br]and advertisements,

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so I use that as my inspiration.

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The average American child

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sees 10,000 food advertisements[br]per year on television.

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95% of those[br]are for sugared cereals,

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soft drinks,[br]fast foods, or candy.

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A parent who eats[br]every meal every day

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for the whole year[br]with their child

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and at every meal gives a very[br]compelling nutrition message

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and can bring in cartoon[br]characters and Michael Jordan --

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so instead[br]of selling McDonald's,

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he sells oranges --

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and Britney spears,[br]instead of selling Pepsi

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will sell radishes[br]or lettuce or something --

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that parents will have[br]1,000 cracks at their child,

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compared to 10,000[br]for the food industry.

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So it's not a fair fight.

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By the time kids[br]are able to speak,

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most of them can say[br]"McDonald's."

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MORGAN: I'm gonna[br]show you some pictures,

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and I want you[br]to tell me who they are.

0:45:08.152,0:45:09.151
Okay.

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Who's that?

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You don't know?

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George Washington.

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Who is he?

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He was[br]the fourth President.

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He freed the slaves.

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And he could[br]never tell a lie.

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Who's that?

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Don't know.

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I don't know.

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No.

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[ LAUGHING ][br]I don't know.

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George W. Bush?

0:45:31.675,0:45:34.177
No. That's[br]a good guess, though.

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Who is this?

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I don't know.

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Goldilocks?

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I forgot the name,[br]but I think I know.

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Yeah?[br]where have you seen her?

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That picture[br]is on the sign.

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Wendy.

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Who's that?

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McDonald,[br]Ronald McDonald.

0:45:57.201,0:45:58.452
Who is it?

0:45:58.453,0:45:59.702
McDonald.

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What does he do?

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He was helping people[br]at the cash register.

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He works at McDonald's.

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I love their pancakes[br]and sausage.

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He brings all his friends[br]to McDonald's

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for a happy meal.

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Where have you seen him?

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On television,[br]on the commercials.

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He's the character[br]that made McDonald's,

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and he does a lot[br]of funny stuff on TV.

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MORGAN:[br]Companies spend billions

0:46:23.978,0:46:25.729
making sure[br]you know their product.

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In 2001,[br]on direct media advertising --

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that's radio,[br]television, and print --

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McDonald’s spent[br]$1.4 billion worldwide.

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On direct media advertising,

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Pepsi spent[br]more than $1 billion.

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To advertise its candy,

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Hershey foods spent under a mere[br]$200 million internationally.

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In its peak year, the "5 a day"[br]fruit and vegetable campaign's

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total advertising budget[br]in all media

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was a lowly $2 million,

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100 times less than[br]just the direct media budget

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of one candy company.

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Think about the way[br]food is marketed --

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T-shirts, coupons,[br]toys for children,

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giveaways in fast-food places,[br]place mats,

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just all of the different ways

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in which food marketing[br]is ubiquitous.

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The most heavily advertised[br]foods are consumed the most.

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No surprise.

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Thank you. Come again.

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Welcome to McDonald's!

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MORGAN: Tomato concentrate,[br]distilled vinegar,

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high-fructose corn syrup --

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high-fructose corn syrup[br]and corn syrup.

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That means sugar.

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I’m gonna move over[br]to my salad shaker.

0:47:48.278,0:47:50.781
I feel a little sick[br]to my stomach.

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This is the best part[br]of the day --

0:47:53.283,0:47:56.286
when I get to be fat on the bed[br]with my quart of coke.

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Mm-mmm.

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[ ICE RATTLING ]

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People eat out a lot,

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and so if there aren't healthy[br]foods available at restaurants,

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and there isn't[br]good nutrition information,

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it makes eating out difficult.

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MORGAN: McDonald's says[br]nutrition information

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for all their products[br]is available on-line,

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but according[br]to the 2000 U.S. census,

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more than half of all U.S. homes

0:48:21.311,0:48:22.812
still don't have[br]internet access.

0:48:22.813,0:48:24.815
So, what are these people[br]supposed to do?

0:48:24.816,0:48:26.817
Go to the stores[br]for nutrition information?

0:48:26.818,0:48:28.318
Is that information even there?

0:48:28.819,0:48:29.820
I went to find out.

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Do you guys have any[br]of the nutrition fact sheets?

0:48:36.327,0:48:37.327
Do you guys have one of those?

0:48:37.828,0:48:39.830
The things that fold out and[br]have the nutrition info in them?

0:48:46.837,0:48:48.588
There aren't[br]any over there?

0:48:48.589,0:48:50.339
Where would they be?[br]Up front?

0:48:50.340,0:48:52.843
But they got lots of info[br]about "Dora the explorer live!"

0:48:53.343,0:48:54.845
Let me check in the back.

0:48:55.345,0:48:57.347
That's cool.[br]Thank you.

0:49:01.351,0:49:03.353
Just give me one second.[br]I can't find the booklet.

0:49:03.854,0:49:05.355
You can use the one[br]right there on the wall.

0:49:05.356,0:49:06.857
But you don't have ones[br]you can take with you?

0:49:06.858,0:49:07.857
No.

0:49:07.858,0:49:09.860
Do you guys have[br]one on the wall?

0:49:09.861,0:49:10.860
They only have fliers now.

0:49:10.861,0:49:13.363
We had one before.[br]They don't put it up no more.

0:49:13.864,0:49:14.864
Why not?

0:49:14.865,0:49:16.365
I don't know.

0:49:16.366,0:49:18.869
Only half the McDonald's in[br]Manhattan had the nutrition info

0:49:19.369,0:49:20.369
posted on the wall,

0:49:20.370,0:49:22.371
some had[br]the takeaway nutrition charts,

0:49:22.372,0:49:25.875
and one in four[br]had no information whatsoever.

0:49:25.876,0:49:28.378
This nice manager brought me[br]the nutrition wall chart --

0:49:28.379,0:49:29.879
from the basement.

0:49:29.880,0:49:31.882
You don't have one[br]that I could take with me,

0:49:31.883,0:49:33.382
like a takeaway?

0:49:33.383,0:49:36.386
Do you know when you'll have[br]some of the paper ones again?

0:49:36.387,0:49:37.387
No.

0:49:37.888,0:49:40.390
John Banzhaf and I looked[br]all over this McDonald's

0:49:40.891,0:49:43.393
in Washington[br]for any nutritional information,

0:49:43.394,0:49:45.394
and then we found it.

0:49:45.395,0:49:46.897
Behind here --[br]you'd never see it.

0:49:47.397,0:49:48.398
It's right back there.

0:49:48.399,0:49:49.899
You can't argue

0:49:49.900,0:49:52.903
that people should exercise[br]personal responsibility

0:49:52.904,0:49:55.906
and then not give them[br]the information

0:49:55.907,0:49:56.907
on which to base it.

0:49:57.407,0:49:58.407
I got my chicken group.

0:49:58.408,0:49:59.909
ALEX:[br]There's no chicken group.

0:49:59.910,0:50:01.411
That's my cholesterol group.

0:50:01.412,0:50:02.912
It's protein.

0:50:02.913,0:50:03.914
I got my protein group.

0:50:04.414,0:50:05.414
Carbohydrates.

0:50:05.415,0:50:06.415
I got my meat group.

0:50:06.416,0:50:09.419
You got meat, meat,[br]sugar, and fat.

0:50:11.421,0:50:14.424
I officially had to loosen[br]my belt the other day.

0:50:14.425,0:50:15.926
I had to go a notch lower.

0:50:15.927,0:50:17.428
One notch?

0:50:17.429,0:50:18.928
It was scary.

0:50:18.929,0:50:20.930
I’m an old pro at this now.

0:50:20.931,0:50:22.933
You'll get sick of this, too,[br]though.

0:50:23.433,0:50:25.435
Your girlfriend[br]must be loving you.

0:50:25.436,0:50:26.436
She hates me.

0:50:26.437,0:50:27.437
[ BOTH LAUGH ]

0:50:27.938,0:50:29.438
Thank you. Bye-bye.

0:50:29.439,0:50:32.442
I averaged out all the calories[br]for the last nine days,

0:50:32.443,0:50:34.944
and you're still eating

0:50:34.945,0:50:37.948
over 200%[br]of what your needs are.

0:50:37.949,0:50:40.451
I suggest you cut out[br]all the liquids

0:50:40.452,0:50:42.953
that you're drinking[br]from McDonald's,

0:50:42.954,0:50:43.954
except for water.

0:50:44.454,0:50:45.956
A lot of people,[br]if they're obese,

0:50:46.456,0:50:48.458
and they lose 10%[br]of their body weight,

0:50:48.459,0:50:49.959
it's beneficial.

0:50:49.960,0:50:52.963
It can be beneficial in terms[br]of blood pressure and so on,

0:50:52.964,0:50:55.966
so gaining 10%[br]of your body weight

0:50:55.967,0:50:58.969
maybe could be[br]equally non-beneficial.

0:50:58.970,0:51:02.472
Here we go.[br]Second weigh-in.

0:51:02.973,0:51:04.474
What do you think, Eric?[br]203?

0:51:04.975,0:51:05.975
About 202, 203.

0:51:05.976,0:51:08.979
I think you almost got 10%[br]of your body weight gained,

0:51:08.980,0:51:12.482
so you've pretty much gained 17 pounds

0:51:12.983,0:51:13.983
in 12 days.

0:51:13.984,0:51:15.985
You better slow down.

0:51:15.986,0:51:18.488
I’m telling you,[br]don't drink your calories.

0:51:18.489,0:51:19.989
I told him no more shakes,

0:51:19.990,0:51:21.991
no more coke,[br]no more double burgers.

0:51:21.992,0:51:23.994
The staff here's[br]calling you "burger boy."

0:51:24.494,0:51:26.496
It's starting to get[br]dangerous now, man.

0:51:26.497,0:51:27.997
I’m getting[br]nervous for you.

0:51:27.998,0:51:31.000
The one place where the impact[br]of our fast-food world

0:51:31.001,0:51:34.004
has become more and more evident[br]is in our nation's schools.

0:51:34.005,0:51:36.006
Can I get a shot[br]of your lunch right there?

0:52:50.080,0:52:52.582
this is where schools[br]turn a blind eye.

0:52:52.583,0:52:54.083
The student[br]with the French fries

0:52:54.084,0:52:55.585
probably brought a bag lunch[br]with real food.

0:52:56.086,0:52:57.086
The girl with the chips

0:52:57.087,0:52:58.588
is probably sharing them[br]with someone else.

0:52:58.589,0:53:01.091
Out of sight, out of mind.

0:53:37.127,0:53:39.629
MORGAN: Barbara brown[br]is the field representative

0:53:39.630,0:53:42.132
for Sodexho, one of[br]the countless lowest bidders

0:53:42.133,0:53:44.134
that school districts[br]have farmed out

0:53:44.135,0:53:46.135
the feeding of your children to.

0:53:46.136,0:53:48.638
Sodexho services more than[br]400 k-12 school districts

0:53:49.139,0:53:50.639
nationwide every day,

0:53:50.640,0:53:53.643
providing quality food like[br]little Debbie snack cakes,

0:53:54.144,0:53:56.146
Gatorade, and candy bars[br]to your children.

0:53:56.147,0:53:57.646
They also operate prisons

0:53:57.647,0:54:00.149
and feed thousands[br]of inmates worldwide.

0:54:00.150,0:54:04.654
BROWN: Part of our position[br]is that we're hoping

0:54:04.655,0:54:06.655
that through[br]nutrition education,

0:54:06.656,0:54:10.160
the students will learn[br]to make the right food choices

0:54:10.161,0:54:15.664
without restricting[br]what they can purchase.

0:54:15.665,0:54:18.418
MORGAN: At this middle school[br]in Beckley, west Virginia,

0:54:18.419,0:54:21.171
the school lunches don't have[br]the flair they do in Illinois.

0:54:21.172,0:54:23.173
This school does not outsource[br]their food service,

0:54:23.673,0:54:26.426
but they are on the federal[br]school lunch program,

0:54:26.427,0:54:29.178
providing USDA reimbursable[br]meals to the students,

0:54:29.179,0:54:32.432
most of which are reheated,[br]reconstituted packaged foods.

0:54:32.433,0:54:35.685
Some days the amount of calories[br]in each meal tops 1,000.

0:54:35.686,0:54:38.188
MORGAN: So, the USDA[br]sends this food

0:54:38.189,0:54:39.689
for you[br]to prepare for kids.

0:54:40.190,0:54:42.191
GLOVER: Right.[br]Well, not all of it, now.

0:54:42.192,0:54:47.697
You've got sloppy Joe[br]bar-b-que sauce with pork.

0:54:47.797,0:54:48.864
From the government.

0:54:48.865,0:54:51.366
Whatever happened to cooks[br]actually cooking?

0:54:51.367,0:54:53.870
I don't know what happened.[br]Too many whiny people.

0:54:54.370,0:54:55.871
They don't want[br]to work hard.

0:54:55.872,0:54:57.372
It's easy to come in here.

0:54:57.373,0:54:59.876
This is the best tool[br]we got right here --

0:54:59.877,0:55:01.376
box opener.

0:55:01.377,0:55:03.879
That's your chef's tool,[br]the box cutter.

0:55:03.880,0:55:06.381
Open up a box, serve it,[br]give it to them.

0:55:06.382,0:55:08.885
Let's look at the things[br]that are actually cooked.

0:55:08.886,0:55:10.387
Here's a menu.

0:55:10.388,0:55:11.887
Mashed potatoes.

0:55:11.888,0:55:13.389
Ham.[br]Chili will be homemade.

0:55:13.890,0:55:15.641
The chili[br]will be homemade.

0:55:15.642,0:55:17.393
What about[br]the tomato soup?

0:55:17.394,0:55:18.394
Campbell’s.

0:55:18.895,0:55:19.895
Meatballs?

0:55:19.896,0:55:21.897
Comes in a box.[br]You heat it up.

0:55:21.898,0:55:23.900
Out of the course[br]of an entire month,

0:55:23.901,0:55:26.402
6 out of 36.

0:55:26.903,0:55:29.655
You're only cooking[br]6 out of 36 meals?

0:55:29.656,0:55:32.408
Appleton central[br]alternative high school

0:55:32.909,0:55:35.912
is filled with students who have[br]truancy and behavioral problems.

0:55:35.913,0:55:37.913
But they've turned[br]things around --

0:55:37.914,0:55:40.666
not through discipline,[br]but through diet.

0:55:40.667,0:55:43.418
We were fortunate[br]to kind of stumble across

0:55:43.419,0:55:47.173
this healthy program[br]as a result of some contact

0:55:47.174,0:55:50.927
with natural oven and bakery[br]of Manitowoc Wisconsin,

0:55:51.427,0:55:54.931
and they believe[br]in low-fat, low-sugar,

0:55:54.932,0:55:57.433
non-chemically processed foods

0:55:57.934,0:56:00.937
that are free of dyes[br]and preservatives,

0:56:00.938,0:56:02.939
full of whole grains,

0:56:03.439,0:56:05.942
a lot of fresh fruits[br]and vegetables.

0:56:06.442,0:56:07.443
We do no beef here at all,

0:56:07.944,0:56:09.946
and then it's the method[br]of preparation,

0:56:09.947,0:56:11.446
where we don't fry.

0:56:11.447,0:56:14.450
A lot of baking[br]and then just fresh preparation,

0:56:14.451,0:56:15.952
as opposed to opening cans

0:56:16.452,0:56:18.453
or thawing things out[br]from the box.

0:56:18.454,0:56:21.456
We got rid of candy machines,[br]soda machines,

0:56:21.457,0:56:24.460
brought in bottled water,[br]and it was just a situation

0:56:24.461,0:56:26.963
where we saw a major change in the kids.

0:56:27.463,0:56:29.965
If you walk through these halls,[br]and you're here,

0:56:29.966,0:56:32.468
these do not look like at-risk,[br]out-of-control kids.

0:56:32.969,0:56:34.971
Their behaviors are better.

0:56:34.972,0:56:36.973
They seem to be more focused.

0:56:36.974,0:56:38.473
Teachers will tell you

0:56:38.474,0:56:41.476
that they get more[br]out of them in the class.

0:56:41.477,0:56:43.979
MORGAN: Keep in mind,[br]this is not a private school.

0:56:43.980,0:56:47.483
These are the "trouble kids"[br]of the public school system

0:56:47.484,0:56:50.486
in Appleton, Wisconsin,[br]that are eating so well.

0:56:50.487,0:56:51.987
and it costs about the same

0:56:51.988,0:56:54.489
as any other[br]school lunch program.

0:56:54.490,0:56:56.993
So my question is --[br]why isn't everyone doing this?

0:56:57.493,0:56:59.495
There's an awful lot[br]of resistance

0:56:59.496,0:57:01.997
from the junk food companies

0:57:01.998,0:57:04.500
that make huge profits off[br]schools at the present time.

0:57:04.501,0:57:07.503
They don't want to get kicked[br]out of the school system.

0:57:07.504,0:57:10.506
They want to be there[br]to addict the children for life.

0:57:11.007,0:57:13.009
The soft drink companies,[br]especially, boast about

0:57:13.010,0:57:15.011
how they're contributing[br]to America's education,

0:57:15.511,0:57:16.512
but, in fact, what they're doing

0:57:17.013,0:57:18.514
is they're draining money[br]from the community

0:57:19.015,0:57:21.017
rather than contributing money[br]to the community

0:57:21.018,0:57:22.517
because the soft drink companies

0:57:22.518,0:57:24.520
aren't pumping those dollars[br]into the machines.

0:57:24.521,0:57:26.521
It's the children[br]in the community

0:57:26.522,0:57:28.523
who are getting the money[br]from their parents,

0:57:28.524,0:57:31.027
and instead of that money[br]going directly to education,

0:57:31.028,0:57:33.529
the soft drink companies[br]are taking a cut of it

0:57:33.530,0:57:36.282
and walking away rich[br]as a consequence.

0:57:36.283,0:57:39.035
We just banned soda[br]in our school district,

0:57:39.535,0:57:44.040
and the sugar here shows you how[br]much sugar a student will drink

0:57:44.041,0:57:46.041
in a week of just soda.

0:57:46.042,0:57:48.043
Forget about[br]the rest of the food they eat.

0:57:48.044,0:57:52.548
And some of these companies[br]are really opposing the ban

0:57:52.549,0:57:56.052
for reasons of[br]that we would lose revenue.

0:57:56.053,0:57:57.554
And it's not about money.

0:57:57.555,0:57:59.055
It's not about economics.

0:57:59.555,0:58:00.556
It's about health.

0:58:03.559,0:58:04.559
Ooh.

0:58:04.560,0:58:09.565
The McDonald's[br]Texas home-style burger meal.

0:58:09.566,0:58:12.068
That's a --[br]that's a local specialty.

0:58:12.069,0:58:14.569
So it's kind of like[br]a big 'n' tasty?

0:58:14.570,0:58:17.573
Yes, except the big 'n' tasty[br]comes with mayonnaise.

0:58:17.574,0:58:18.573
Oh, then, you know what?

0:58:18.574,0:58:22.578
I need the McDonald's Texas[br]homestyle burger meal, please.

0:58:22.579,0:58:25.581
Would you like[br]to super-size it today?

0:58:25.582,0:58:27.082
Oh, yes, I would.

0:58:27.083,0:58:29.085
Do a lot of people[br]super-size it?

0:58:29.086,0:58:30.585
Yes.

0:58:30.586,0:58:33.589
Say you asked five people.[br]How many of those five do it?

0:58:33.590,0:58:35.590
Actually,[br]I get mostly all of them.

0:58:35.591,0:58:38.594
Mostly all of them?[br]So you're batting about 100%?

0:58:38.595,0:58:40.095
I guess.

0:58:40.096,0:58:42.098
See that?[br]She's that good.

0:58:42.598,0:58:43.598
Deborah’s that good.

0:58:43.599,0:58:46.102
First meal inside the restaurant[br]that I went in to get,

0:58:46.103,0:58:48.104
and they asked me[br]to super-size it.

0:58:48.105,0:58:49.604
We're gonna keep a little tabs,

0:58:49.605,0:58:53.108
see how many times they ask me[br]to super-size it here in Texas,

0:58:53.109,0:58:56.612
'cause Texas, out of the top 1[br]5 fattest cities in America,

0:58:56.613,0:58:58.614
Texas has five.

0:59:10.626,0:59:14.130
Here we are -- Houston, Texas,[br]fattest city in America,

0:59:14.630,0:59:17.133
getting my first breakfast.

0:59:20.136,0:59:21.636
Hi, can I help you, sir?

0:59:21.637,0:59:23.639
When it comes[br]to the topic of obesity,

0:59:23.640,0:59:25.641
many people are quick[br]to point the finger

0:59:25.642,0:59:27.642
at various foods[br]and food companies,

0:59:27.643,0:59:29.645
but the grocery manufacturers[br]of America,

0:59:29.646,0:59:31.647
a Washington, D.C.-based[br]lobby group,

0:59:32.148,0:59:34.149
whose mission[br]is to advance the interests

0:59:34.150,0:59:36.152
of the food, beverage,[br]and consumer products industry,

0:59:36.652,0:59:38.153
are quick[br]to shift the focus away

0:59:38.154,0:59:39.654
from the companies[br]they represent

0:59:39.655,0:59:42.658
and to remind everyone[br]that there's more at work here

0:59:42.659,0:59:44.159
than just eating poorly.

0:59:44.160,0:59:47.163
GRABOWSKI: We believe[br]very strongly in our industry,

0:59:47.164,0:59:49.665
and in other industries,[br]I think you'll find

0:59:49.666,0:59:51.166
there's a growing consensus

0:59:51.167,0:59:53.169
that the solution[br]lies in good education.

0:59:53.170,0:59:55.171
We have to get good information[br]to parents

0:59:55.172,0:59:57.173
so that they can[br]teach their children

0:59:57.174,0:59:59.175
better exercise[br]and nutrition habits

0:59:59.675,1:00:01.677
and so they can lead[br]the healthy lifestyles.

1:00:02.178,1:00:05.181
We don't teach physical[br]education in schools anymore.

1:00:05.182,1:00:07.682
MORGAN:[br]In the U.S., only one state

1:00:07.683,1:00:10.686
requires mandatory physical[br]education for grades k-12.

1:00:10.687,1:00:13.189
It's also one of the fattest -- Illinois.

1:00:13.689,1:00:14.689
You got a heart rate?

1:00:14.690,1:00:16.691
Phil Lawler[br]is the phys ed teacher

1:00:16.692,1:00:20.196
at Madison junior high school,[br]home of the soaring war hawks,

1:00:20.696,1:00:23.199
the snack-ridden school lunches[br]we saw earlier,

1:00:23.200,1:00:25.200
and one of the most[br]well-executed

1:00:25.201,1:00:27.203
physical education programs[br]in the country.

1:00:27.703,1:00:30.206
Supported mostly by fundraising[br]and parent involvement,

1:00:30.207,1:00:32.708
Lawler has created a role model[br]for instructors

1:00:32.709,1:00:34.709
and school districts nationwide.

1:00:34.710,1:00:37.713
LAWLER: When's the last time you[br]ever heard of a science class

1:00:37.714,1:00:39.214
fundraising to get their labs?

1:00:39.215,1:00:41.717
eventually, society[br]has to step up to the plate

1:00:41.718,1:00:43.218
and say, "This is important.

1:00:43.219,1:00:45.221
"We should have[br]daily physical education

1:00:45.222,1:00:46.721
and equip it properly."

1:00:46.722,1:00:48.224
We have to say,[br]"Our greatest strength

1:00:48.724,1:00:50.226
is the resource[br]of our young people."

1:00:50.227,1:00:52.728
That's our future,

1:00:53.229,1:00:55.981
and the way we're treating[br]our resources right now,

1:00:55.982,1:00:58.733
we're running into some[br]serious problems with that.

1:00:58.734,1:01:01.237
I’ve always said we've never[br]had healthcare in this country.

1:01:01.238,1:01:02.738
we've only had "sick care."

1:01:03.239,1:01:05.741
I think daily physical education[br]is the only place out there

1:01:05.742,1:01:08.744
that's really[br]offering a solution.

1:01:08.745,1:01:11.746
PHILLIPS:[br]When I start the music,

1:01:11.747,1:01:14.750
you are gonna begin traveling[br]through general space.

1:01:14.751,1:01:16.502
You will go back to your spot,

1:01:16.503,1:01:18.254
and I will tell you[br]a body shape.

1:01:18.255,1:01:19.755
Watch out for other...

1:01:20.256,1:01:21.757
People![br]People! People!

1:01:22.258,1:01:24.760
[ UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS ]

1:01:24.761,1:01:26.262
Round!

1:01:27.763,1:01:28.763
Good job.

1:01:28.764,1:01:29.765
MORGAN: How many days a week

1:01:30.266,1:01:32.768
do the kids here at this school[br]get to go to gym?

1:01:32.769,1:01:36.272
Once. One day a week.[br]For 45 minutes.

1:01:36.273,1:01:37.774
Is that enough?

1:01:37.775,1:01:39.274
No. Nowhere close.

1:01:39.275,1:01:42.278
Not when the surgeon general[br]recommends that, at minimum,

1:01:42.279,1:01:44.781
you need 30 minutes[br]of physical activity a day

1:01:44.782,1:01:47.283
to maintain your weight[br]and a healthy well-being.

1:01:47.783,1:01:49.784
So, once a week[br]is nowhere close.

1:01:49.785,1:01:53.289
MORGAN: In 2001, president Bush[br]announced his presidency

1:01:53.290,1:01:54.791
with sweeping education reform.

1:01:54.792,1:01:56.292
The "no child left behind" act

1:01:56.293,1:01:57.793
would now hold states[br]accountable

1:01:58.294,1:02:01.046
for not having students who met[br]minimum education requirements.

1:02:01.047,1:02:03.799
Apparently, we were not only[br]the fattest nation in the world,

1:02:03.800,1:02:05.800
but we were quickly[br]becoming the stupidest.

1:02:05.801,1:02:08.304
It may be sending a very[br]difficult message for schools.

1:02:08.305,1:02:10.556
One of the reasons[br]recess is being cut back

1:02:10.557,1:02:12.807
in elementary schools,[br]as I said earlier --

1:02:12.808,1:02:15.311
that's being cut out so[br]they can prepare for the tests.

1:02:15.312,1:02:17.812
and something I've said[br]to a couple of groups --

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we could end up with youngsters[br]who can read but who are fat.

1:02:20.817,1:02:22.817
So we have "fat readers."

1:02:22.818,1:02:25.321
The more and more[br]we put mandates on the school,

1:02:25.322,1:02:26.821
to be very myopic[br]in their focus,

1:02:26.822,1:02:28.658
we mitigate against[br]all of these other areas

1:02:29.158,1:02:31.160
where they should be[br]devoting time and energy,

1:02:31.161,1:02:32.912
including phys ed,[br]nutrition, health.

1:02:32.913,1:02:34.663
these are all the things[br]being cut out.

1:02:34.664,1:02:38.668
MORGAN: Who in here can tell me[br]what a calorie is?

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[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]

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Something[br]you should watch.

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[ LAUGHING ] Yeah.[br]You got that right.

1:02:46.676,1:02:51.681
Is it the fat[br]that goes through your, um...

1:02:52.181,1:02:53.683
What's a calorie?

1:02:53.684,1:02:54.683
Oh, Jesus.

1:02:54.684,1:02:57.687
A calorie is[br]an increment of, um...

1:02:57.688,1:02:59.187
Ugh.

1:02:59.188,1:03:01.690
Um, that's a good question.

1:03:01.691,1:03:04.193
Most of us know[br]what a calorie actually is.

1:03:04.194,1:03:05.695
I don't know.

1:03:05.696,1:03:07.195
Oh, wait.

1:03:07.196,1:03:11.701
Is a calorie some part of fat?[br]Like -- I don't know.

1:03:11.702,1:03:13.702
Uh...

1:03:13.703,1:03:16.706
It's something that builds[br]up the fat in your body.

1:03:16.707,1:03:17.707
Calories are not good

1:03:18.207,1:03:19.208
It's the amount of --

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See, I don't know.

1:03:20.710,1:03:23.713
I want to say it's the amount[br]of calories in a calorie.

1:03:23.714,1:03:26.216
I never pay no mind[br]to what calories are.

1:03:26.217,1:03:28.718
I just eat when I'm hungry,[br]and that's it.

1:03:29.218,1:03:31.720
If you can tell me[br]what a calorie is, go ahead.

1:03:31.721,1:03:36.225
A calorie is a measure[br]of the energy content of food,

1:03:36.226,1:03:39.979
and a calorie,[br]the kind that you usually see

1:03:39.980,1:03:43.733
when you see the caloric content[br]on food labels,

1:03:43.734,1:03:46.735
one calorie[br]is the amount of energy

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that's needed to raise the[br]temperature of a liter of water

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by one degree centigrade.

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MORGAN: Well said.

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Could I get a bacon,[br]egg, and cheese McGriddle?

1:04:00.249,1:04:01.249
Hmm.

1:04:01.250,1:04:04.754
Smells like a little pancake.

1:04:04.755,1:04:06.255
Mmm.

1:04:06.756,1:04:08.507
Tastes like a little pancake.

1:04:08.508,1:04:10.258
[ LAUGHING ][br]Look at that.

1:04:10.259,1:04:13.262
I haven't walked a half-mile[br]a day since we've been here.

1:04:13.263,1:04:15.765
No wonder[br]everything's bigger in Texas

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WOMAN:[br]If you're inside, stay there.

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The blizzard of 2003[br]isn't over yet.

1:04:22.272,1:04:24.273
MORGAN:[br]I got my lunch.

1:04:24.774,1:04:25.775
I got my dinner.

1:04:26.275,1:04:28.276
Never have to leave the house.

1:04:28.277,1:04:30.279
I’m not gonna[br]completely become vegan

1:04:30.280,1:04:32.280
just because[br]you want me to.

1:04:32.281,1:04:35.284
I’m not saying you should do it[br]because I want you to.

1:04:35.285,1:04:37.286
I’m saying you need[br]to think about

1:04:37.287,1:04:39.287
what you believe[br]is a system

1:04:39.288,1:04:42.291
that it is corrupt and immoral[br]and wrong and hurtful,

1:04:42.292,1:04:43.793
but you're gonna[br]be a part of it.

1:04:44.293,1:04:46.045
Where is[br]the disconnect there?

1:04:46.046,1:04:47.796
Why don't you[br]make that choice?

1:04:47.797,1:04:50.299
Why don't I make the choice[br]to not eat meat?

1:04:50.300,1:04:51.299
Yes.

1:04:51.300,1:04:52.801
Because you like it.

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'Cause it tastes good

1:04:54.303,1:04:56.805
I like bacon.[br]I love pork chops.

1:04:56.806,1:04:59.308
Ham is the greatest[br]thing ever.

1:04:59.309,1:05:01.309
I’m sure heroin is awesome.

1:05:01.310,1:05:05.815
Heroine and ham are in[br]completely different categories.

1:05:06.315,1:05:09.819
I’m sorry, but ham and heroin[br]are not the same thing.

1:05:09.820,1:05:11.070
They're not.

1:05:11.071,1:05:12.320
They're not.

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I could be strung out on ham[br]for days and be okay.

1:05:15.826,1:05:17.827
You are[br]a little strung out.

1:05:17.828,1:05:19.828
And I am[br]strung out on ham.

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It's hard for me[br]to watch him go through this,

1:05:23.833,1:05:24.834
I got to tell you.

1:05:25.334,1:05:26.835
I worry about his health.

1:05:26.836,1:05:30.840
He's exhausted by the end[br]of the day, just so tired.

1:05:30.841,1:05:33.342
He gets home[br]really late from work,

1:05:33.843,1:05:37.346
and he gets all jacked up[br]on sugar and caffeine,

1:05:37.347,1:05:38.847
and then he crashes.

1:05:38.848,1:05:42.351
And then when we do have sex,[br]I got to tell you,

1:05:42.352,1:05:45.855
he's not quite as energetic[br]as he used to be.

1:05:45.856,1:05:46.856
[ LAUGHS ]

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I have to be on top.

1:05:49.859,1:05:52.861
Otherwise, he, uh...

1:05:52.862,1:05:57.867
You know, he gets tired easily.

1:05:57.868,1:05:59.367
I think the saturated fats

1:05:59.368,1:06:02.871
are starting to impede[br]the blood flow to his penis,

1:06:02.872,1:06:06.375
and he's having a hard time,[br]you know, getting it up.

1:06:06.876,1:06:07.877
He does, totally.

1:06:08.377,1:06:09.377
It's still good,

1:06:09.378,1:06:11.380
but it's definitely[br]a big difference.

1:06:11.381,1:06:13.382
There's definitely a difference.

1:06:13.383,1:06:14.884
I can tell.

1:06:19.889,1:06:21.890
Ugh.

1:06:21.891,1:06:23.392
I feel horrible today.

1:06:23.893,1:06:25.895
My headache's coming back again.

1:06:26.395,1:06:29.899
It feels like somebody's yanking[br]on the tendons behind my eyes.

1:06:29.900,1:06:34.903
My body ...officially hates me.

1:06:34.904,1:06:37.405
All the vitamins[br]that you see here --

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vitamin e, thiamin,[br]riboflavin, niacin, and so on --

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are all under 50%[br]of what you need.

1:06:43.913,1:06:46.414
You're getting[br]quite a lot of carbohydrates,

1:06:46.415,1:06:50.669
and I know, clearly, that those[br]are all refined carbohydrates

1:06:50.670,1:06:54.924
because those are coming from[br]the buns, biscuits, hashbrowns.

1:06:54.925,1:06:56.424
And the sugar --

1:06:56.425,1:06:59.178
let's not forget the most[br]refined carbohydrate of all,

1:06:59.179,1:07:01.931
which is coming from your[br]milkshakes and your coke.

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MORGAN: In fact,[br]there are only seven items

1:07:04.433,1:07:07.937
on the McDonald's menu that[br]contain no sugar whatsoever --

1:07:07.938,1:07:11.440
French fries, chicken McNuggets,[br]hashbrowns, sausage,

1:07:11.941,1:07:14.442
diet coke, coffee, and iced tea.

1:07:14.443,1:07:19.448
Everything else -- even[br]the salads -- contain sugar.

1:07:19.449,1:07:22.451
BENNETT:[br]I’m telling you -- 202.

1:07:22.452,1:07:23.703
I lost a pound!

1:07:23.704,1:07:24.954
Oh, thank God.

1:07:25.454,1:07:26.455
Muscle weighs more than fat.

1:07:26.956,1:07:29.959
You might have lost some muscle[br]mass and gained some fat mass.

1:07:29.960,1:07:32.461
I lost a pound.[br]Let's go get something to eat.

1:07:34.463,1:07:39.969
I was feeling bad in the car --[br]feeling like shit, really.

1:07:39.970,1:07:45.474
I was feeling really, really...[br]Sick and unhappy.

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I started eating.

1:07:46.977,1:07:48.476
I feel great.

1:07:48.477,1:07:50.479
I feel really good now.

1:07:50.480,1:07:52.481
I feel so good, it's crazy.

1:07:52.482,1:07:54.482
Isn't that right, baby?

1:07:54.483,1:07:55.985
Yeah, you're crazy,[br]all right.

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150 over 90.

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The headaches might even be[br]hypertensive headaches,

1:08:11.501,1:08:13.002
but they're probably not.

1:08:13.502,1:08:16.505
They're probably[br]related to blood sugar.

1:08:16.506,1:08:19.508
You might be in[br]this hyperinsulinemic state.

1:08:19.509,1:08:22.511
150 over 110.

1:08:24.513,1:08:27.015
Your total cholesterol[br]was 165 before.

1:08:27.515,1:08:29.017
Now it's 225.

1:08:29.018,1:08:33.022
A liver that's inflamed[br]in any way or sick in any way

1:08:33.023,1:08:37.026
will leak some of its enzymes[br]out to the blood.

1:08:37.027,1:08:39.529
So this[br]is very nonspecific,

1:08:39.529,1:08:42.029
but it means[br]the liver is sick,

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and the most likely cause[br]of your liver sickness

1:08:44.533,1:08:46.533
is a fatty liver.

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Your liver[br]is now like pat?

1:08:49.288,1:08:52.041
SGOT[br]was originally 21.

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Now it's..[br]130.

1:08:54.542,1:08:58.046
And SGPT was originally 20.

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Now it's 290,[br]a more than tenfold increase.

1:09:01.550,1:09:03.551
Not good,[br]not good, not good.

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Anybody would say right now[br]that you're sick.

1:09:08.557,1:09:10.309
If you're[br]fatigued with this,

1:09:10.310,1:09:12.435
you'll feel[br]lethargic with this,

1:09:12.437,1:09:14.562
you'll feel[br]run-down with this.

1:09:14.563,1:09:17.316
If somebody were doing this[br]to their liver with alcohol,

1:09:17.317,1:09:20.069
they could theoretically[br]wipe out all the liver cells

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and they'd be[br]in liver failure.

1:09:22.571,1:09:26.325
I’ve never heard of anybody[br]doing this to their liver

1:09:26.326,1:09:30.078
with a high-fat diet,[br]but I guess anything's poss--

1:09:30.080,1:09:32.081
I don't know.[br]I can't answer the question.

1:09:32.082,1:09:33.581
Never been done before.

1:09:33.582,1:09:35.084
No one's ever[br]wiped out their liver

1:09:35.584,1:09:37.086
with a high-fat diet before.

1:09:37.087,1:09:38.086
Wow.

1:09:38.087,1:09:41.590
And I won't wipe out my liver[br]in two more weeks?

1:09:41.591,1:09:43.843
I would think[br]it would be unlikely.

1:09:43.844,1:09:46.094
I don't want to tell you[br]you wouldn't.

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My advice to you is[br]to stop doing what you're doing,

1:09:49.099,1:09:50.598
because it's hurting you.

1:09:50.599,1:09:53.102
You're sick,[br]and you're making yourself sick,

1:09:53.103,1:09:55.104
and you can[br]make yourself unsick

1:09:55.604,1:09:57.856
by stopping doing[br]what you're doing.

1:09:57.857,1:10:00.109
I’m just afraid[br]there will be something

1:10:00.609,1:10:02.111
that's totally irreversible,

1:10:02.611,1:10:05.614
that there will be[br]some damage done that...

1:10:05.615,1:10:08.116
- Yeah.[br]- I don't know.

1:10:08.117,1:10:12.121
So, do they think that[br]once you change your habits

1:10:12.122,1:10:15.123
that that's[br]going to correct itself.

1:10:15.124,1:10:18.627
They think that everything[br]should get back on track

1:10:19.128,1:10:20.128
once this is done.

1:10:20.129,1:10:22.630
Your liver -- I've been[br]doing some reading - -

1:10:22.631,1:10:26.635
your liver is very resilient,[br]and your liver heals itself.

1:10:27.136,1:10:31.140
Well, if you need a portion[br]of my liver, honey,

1:10:31.141,1:10:32.141
you can have it.

1:10:32.641,1:10:35.144
I’ll give up part[br]of my liver for you.

1:10:35.145,1:10:37.479
Thanks, mom.[br]Thanks.

1:10:43.986,1:10:46.989
There's a drug that is used in[br]emergency rooms called Naloxone.

1:10:46.990,1:10:48.990
It's used for heroin overdose.

1:10:48.991,1:10:51.493
A guy comes in[br]overdosed on heroin, comatose.

1:10:51.994,1:10:52.994
He's gonna die.

1:10:52.995,1:10:54.996
You inject him with this drug,

1:10:54.997,1:10:57.499
and it blocks the opiate[br]receptors in the brain.

1:10:58.000,1:11:00.002
Heroin doesn't work.[br]He wakes up.

1:11:00.502,1:11:04.506
If I give that same drug[br]to a real chocolate addict,

1:11:04.507,1:11:06.507
a person just shoveling it in,

1:11:06.508,1:11:08.010
you find[br]the most amazing thing --

1:11:08.510,1:11:10.512
they lose much of their interest[br]in chocolate.

1:11:10.513,1:11:13.014
They take a bite,[br]they set it back down.

1:11:13.015,1:11:15.517
In other words,[br]it's not taste and mouth feel.

1:11:15.518,1:11:18.020
it's a drug effect of the food[br]within the brain

1:11:18.021,1:11:20.022
that keeps us coming back[br]again and again.

1:11:20.023,1:11:22.024
You're saying[br]that your mood goes up

1:11:22.025,1:11:23.524
once you start eating.

1:11:23.525,1:11:26.528
Lately, every time I eat,[br]I feel 100% better.

1:11:26.529,1:11:28.530
So it seems[br]like you're starting

1:11:28.531,1:11:30.032
to get addicted to it now.

1:11:30.532,1:11:33.035
[ CURTIS MAYFIELD'S[br]"PUSHERMAN" PLAYS ]

1:11:37.039,1:11:39.041
# I'm your momma,[br]I'm your daddy

1:11:39.042,1:11:40.793
# I'm that nigger in the alley

1:11:40.794,1:11:42.544
# I'm your doctor[br]when you need

1:11:43.045,1:11:44.796
# Want some coke,[br]have some weed

1:11:44.797,1:11:46.548
# You know me, I'm your friend

1:11:47.049,1:11:49.051
# Your main boy,[br]thick and thin

1:11:49.052,1:11:50.552
# I'm your pusherman

1:11:52.554,1:11:54.556
# I'm your pusherman #

1:11:56.558,1:11:59.561
MORGAN: McDonald's calls people[br]who eat their food

1:11:59.562,1:12:02.564
at least once a week[br]"heavy users."

1:12:02.565,1:12:03.565
I’m not kidding.

1:12:04.066,1:12:07.069
72% of the people who eat[br]at McDonald's are heavy users.

1:12:07.070,1:12:09.571
They also have[br]another category --

1:12:09.572,1:12:11.073
the "super heavy user."

1:12:11.573,1:12:13.074
These people eat their food

1:12:13.075,1:12:15.827
three, four,[br]five times a week and up.

1:12:15.828,1:12:18.580
22% of the people[br]who eat at McDonald's

1:12:18.581,1:12:21.082
are super heavy users.

1:12:21.083,1:12:23.585
If you look at the menu[br]at a fast-food restaurant,

1:12:23.586,1:12:25.586
they use[br]all of the addicting components.

1:12:25.587,1:12:28.089
They'll take a slab of meat,[br]cover it with cheese --

1:12:28.090,1:12:31.593
cheese, of course, which is[br]filled with the casomorphins,

1:12:32.094,1:12:35.097
the opiates that are found[br]in the cheese protein --

1:12:35.597,1:12:38.099
and then they serve it[br]with a sugary soda,

1:12:38.100,1:12:40.602
which has[br]the addictive powers of sugar

1:12:40.603,1:12:42.103
with plenty of added caffeine.

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Now, you might be[br]a 12-year-old kid.

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Your brain is no match[br]for that combination.

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MORGAN: in 2002,[br]McDonald’s France

1:12:49.611,1:12:52.113
took out a full-page ad[br]in a French magazine

1:12:52.114,1:12:54.616
in which a nutritionist stated,[br]"there is no reason

1:12:55.117,1:12:57.369
to go to McDonald's[br]more than once a week."

1:12:57.370,1:12:59.620
McDonald’s corporate[br]headquarters in the U.S.

1:12:59.621,1:13:02.123
freaked out, saying that[br]this is only one opinion,

1:13:02.124,1:13:04.626
and that the vast majority[br]of nutrition professionals

1:13:04.627,1:13:07.129
say that McDonald's food[br]can be a part of a healthy diet.

1:13:07.130,1:13:09.631
So, we thought we'd randomly[br]call some nutritionists

1:13:09.632,1:13:11.133
to see what their opinions were

1:13:11.633,1:13:13.134
when it came[br]to eating fast food.

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How often do you think that[br]people should eat fast food?

1:13:15.638,1:13:16.889
Ideally, never.

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Rare to never.

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The less, the better.[br]Zero is the best.

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Hopefully, no more often[br]than once a month.

1:13:23.271,1:13:25.647
If you were stranded[br]on a deserted island

1:13:26.148,1:13:27.649
or if we get bombe[br]d with anthrax,

1:13:28.150,1:13:30.151
and that's[br]the only food available,

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that's the only time[br]you should eat fast food.

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MORGAN: We called 100[br]nutritionists all over America,

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and the results[br]were not on track

1:13:37.159,1:13:39.161
with the "vast majority"[br]McDonald's talked about.

1:13:39.162,1:13:40.661
Only 2 out of the 100

1:13:40.662,1:13:43.165
said you should eat fast food[br]two times a week or more.

1:13:43.166,1:13:46.168
28 said once a week[br]to once or twice a month.

1:13:46.668,1:13:48.670
And 45 said[br]you should never eat it.

1:13:49.171,1:13:51.673
95 of them agreed[br]that it is a major contributor

1:13:52.174,1:13:54.676
to the obesity epidemic[br]sweeping America.

1:13:54.677,1:13:56.177
Okay.

1:13:56.178,1:13:58.180
Okay? Okay.

1:13:58.680,1:14:00.681
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

1:14:00.682,1:14:05.187
Hi, Morgan, how are you?[br]Bridget Bennett from Health.

1:14:05.188,1:14:07.188
Unfortunately,[br]I have to tell you

1:14:07.189,1:14:09.691
that Health is gonna have to[br]close its doors,

1:14:09.692,1:14:10.692
effective immediately.

1:14:11.193,1:14:13.194
I’m sorry to have to[br]tell you that over the phone.

1:14:13.195,1:14:16.198
We're all sort of surprised,[br]but we will proceed as before --

1:14:16.199,1:14:19.200
just not at[br]the integrated Health center.

1:14:19.201,1:14:22.704
Okay, Morgan, thanks,[br]and I will talk to you soon.

1:14:23.205,1:14:24.705
Bye-bye.

1:14:24.706,1:14:27.709
MORGAN: Apparently,[br]we don't put much value

1:14:27.710,1:14:29.710
on health in America anymore.

1:14:29.711,1:14:32.214
In fact, each year,[br]we spend over $30 billion

1:14:32.714,1:14:35.216
on diet products[br]and weight-loss programs,

1:14:35.217,1:14:38.220
21/2 times what we spend[br]on fitness and health.

1:14:38.221,1:14:40.221
There are pills, drinks, bars.

1:14:40.222,1:14:42.724
You can lose weight while you[br]sleep, while you watch TV,

1:14:42.725,1:14:44.725
and while eating[br]everything you want --

1:14:44.726,1:14:48.730
always pushing the newest way[br]to stay thin without exercise.

1:14:48.731,1:14:52.734
Some people, however, feel[br]that they have tried everything

1:14:52.735,1:14:54.486
and see[br]only one remaining option

1:14:54.487,1:14:56.238
as their last hope for health.

1:14:56.239,1:14:58.239
HOWLETT: I'm diabetic.

1:14:58.240,1:15:02.744
80% of the people don't have to[br]take insulin anymore after this.

1:15:02.745,1:15:04.246
Plus, I have hypertension.

1:15:04.746,1:15:07.249
Hopefully, correct that,[br]lose my weight,

1:15:07.250,1:15:08.750
and lose my high blood pressure.

1:15:09.251,1:15:11.252
MORGAN:[br]This is Bruce Howlett.

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In a few minutes, his stomach[br]will be surgically reduced

1:15:14.756,1:15:18.260
to the size of a small apple[br]in a gastric bypass operation.

1:15:18.261,1:15:21.763
People with hypertension[br]who are obese,

1:15:21.764,1:15:23.764
about 75% of them

1:15:23.765,1:15:27.018
will get rid of[br]their hypertensive medications.

1:15:27.019,1:15:30.272
MORGAN: Doctors Adam Naaman[br]and Carl Geisler

1:15:30.273,1:15:31.772
will be performing[br]the operation.

1:15:31.773,1:15:33.774
Together,[br]they have done more than 500

1:15:33.775,1:15:36.278
gastric bypass surgeries,[br]and with their tandem technique,

1:15:36.279,1:15:38.279
they are setting[br]the industry standard,

1:15:38.280,1:15:41.032
completing the procedure[br]in less than 30 minutes

1:15:41.033,1:15:44.411
and sending patients home[br]the following day.

1:15:44.412,1:15:49.604
We have established now[br]that the only procedure

1:15:49.605,1:15:54.796
that really cures diabetes[br]is obesity surgery.

1:15:54.797,1:15:56.297
I went blind for a week.

1:15:56.298,1:15:59.050
Just one day out of the blue,[br]you went blind?

1:15:59.051,1:16:01.928
I went to work,[br]drove to work that night,

1:16:01.929,1:16:04.805
got to work,[br]couldn't read the charts,

1:16:04.806,1:16:07.309
and I had to call my supervisor,[br]tell her I couldn't work

1:16:07.310,1:16:09.310
because I couldn't see[br]what I was doing,

1:16:09.311,1:16:11.813
and called my wife,[br]had to get her to ride to work

1:16:11.814,1:16:13.314
to pick me up[br]and take me home.

1:16:13.315,1:16:16.318
And then once I stopped[br]drinking the diet soda waters,

1:16:16.818,1:16:17.818
got my sugars back down.

1:16:17.819,1:16:20.322
I was fortunate enough,[br]my eyesight came back.

1:16:20.822,1:16:25.577
I didn't do that much damage[br]to them at that time.

1:16:25.578,1:16:30.332
I think it's human nature[br]to seek a drastic solution

1:16:30.333,1:16:32.834
only when you're faced[br]with a drastic problem.

1:16:32.835,1:16:35.337
I drank three or four[br]of those a day.

1:16:35.338,1:16:36.837
This is a half-gallon,

1:16:36.838,1:16:38.840
so that means[br]you were drinking probably

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about two gallons of soda[br]a day.

1:16:40.842,1:16:42.844
It wasn't unusual,[br]for a two-week time,

1:16:42.845,1:16:44.846
we'd buy[br]50 two-liters of soda water.

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50 two-liters[br]every two weeks.

1:16:46.849,1:16:48.349
And I'd probably end up

1:16:48.350,1:16:50.352
having to pick him up[br]a couple extra.

1:16:50.852,1:16:51.853
He drinks more than I do.

1:16:52.354,1:16:54.855
I’ll go through[br]about one of those a day.

1:16:54.856,1:16:58.360
There's some days I go through[br]three or four two-liters.

1:16:58.361,1:17:02.865
A lot of us[br]don't realize the social stigma

1:17:02.866,1:17:07.369
that these people face[br]on a daily basis.

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# One, two, three #

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[ STRAUSS' "WALTZ[br]OF THE BLUE DANUBE" PLAYS ]

1:18:26.748,1:18:27.749
MORGAN: It's, um --

1:18:28.250,1:18:35.257
it's, like, 2:00 in the morning[br]on February 21.

1:18:35.258,1:18:39.760
I, uh, woke up,[br]couldn't breathe.

1:18:39.761,1:18:43.265
I’m having[br]really difficulty breathing.

1:18:43.765,1:18:46.267
I’m very hot,

1:18:46.268,1:18:48.769
and, uh...um...

1:18:48.770,1:18:54.276
felt like I was having[br]heart palpitations.

1:18:54.277,1:18:56.777
Um...

1:18:56.778,1:19:00.782
Came up and[br]walked around the living room.

1:19:00.783,1:19:02.784
I was trying[br]to get my breath back.

1:19:02.785,1:19:05.286
and, uh ...I want to finish,

1:19:05.287,1:19:08.790
but I don't want anything[br]real bad to happen, either.

1:19:17.799,1:19:19.801
Dr. Isaacs:[br]your EKG is normal.

1:19:19.802,1:19:20.802
Deep breath.

1:19:21.303,1:19:22.304
And out.

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Now, listen, I don't have[br]a ready explanation

1:19:28.311,1:19:30.311
for your chest pain.

1:19:30.312,1:19:32.814
Would you at least consider[br]taking aspirin once a day

1:19:32.815,1:19:34.316
now that you're[br]on this ridiculous diet?

1:19:34.317,1:19:36.317
Maybe.[br]I’ll think about it.

1:19:36.318,1:19:38.320
Why would you even[br]think about it?

1:19:38.321,1:19:39.821
Why wouldn't you[br]just do it?

1:19:40.322,1:19:42.324
This is really --[br]you know --

1:19:42.325,1:19:44.325
you saw[br]these numbers, right?

1:19:44.326,1:19:47.329
These numbers are[br]absolutely outrageous.

1:19:47.829,1:19:51.333
For the first time,[br]we're seeing uric acid elevated,

1:19:51.334,1:19:53.835
so you're giving yourself[br]hyperuricemia,

1:19:54.336,1:19:58.840
and the danger of hyperuricemia[br]is gout, kidney stones.

1:19:58.841,1:20:02.094
The results for your liver[br]are obscene

1:20:02.095,1:20:05.347
beyond anything[br]I would have thought.

1:20:05.348,1:20:06.847
Truly.

1:20:06.848,1:20:10.352
I mean...you know that movie[br]"Death in Las Vegas" --

1:20:10.353,1:20:12.853
Nicolas Cage,[br]that pickled his liver

1:20:12.854,1:20:15.856
during the course[br]of a few weeks in Las Vegas.

1:20:15.857,1:20:18.860
I would never have thought[br]you could do the same thing

1:20:19.361,1:20:20.861
with a high-fat diet.

1:20:20.862,1:20:23.364
My advice to you,[br]as a physician,

1:20:23.365,1:20:26.368
is that you've got to stop[br]pickling your liver.

1:20:26.369,1:20:28.870
And you're kicking it[br]while its down now.

1:20:29.371,1:20:32.374
Now it's down,[br]and you're kicking it further.

1:20:32.375,1:20:35.377
I mean, if you were[br]an alcoholic,

1:20:35.378,1:20:37.629
I’d say,[br]"you're gonna die.

1:20:37.630,1:20:39.880
You keep drinking,[br]you'll die."

1:20:39.881,1:20:43.385
If the pain starts to radiate[br]to your jaw or down your arm,

1:20:43.386,1:20:45.887
that's life-threatening,[br]and immediately so.

1:20:46.388,1:20:49.391
So I need to hear about that,[br]or you need to call 911.

1:20:49.392,1:20:50.891
All right?

1:20:50.892,1:20:53.395
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

1:20:53.396,1:20:54.897
ALEX: Hello?

1:20:54.898,1:20:56.148
MORGAN: Hello.

1:20:56.149,1:20:57.399
Hi, sweetheart.

1:20:57.899,1:20:58.400
How are you?

1:20:58.900,1:21:00.902
I’m good.[br]I'm worried about you.

1:21:00.903,1:21:02.403
Yeah.

1:21:02.404,1:21:05.907
I had no idea this was gonna be[br]such a dangerous experiment.

1:21:06.408,1:21:07.908
Yeah.

1:21:07.909,1:21:09.410
I don't think anybody did.

1:21:09.411,1:21:12.414
The doctor didn't even think[br]it was gonna be this drastic.

1:21:12.914,1:21:15.416
He's floored by it.

1:21:15.417,1:21:17.919
And, um...he doesn't[br]know what will happen.

1:21:18.420,1:21:20.421
He says,[br]"listen, I have no idea."

1:21:20.422,1:21:24.426
But he said that if I am feeling[br]bad or feeling anything,

1:21:24.427,1:21:25.926
to page him,

1:21:25.927,1:21:28.430
and he'll admit me immediately[br]wherever I am.

1:21:28.431,1:21:29.931
Oh, sweetheart.

1:21:29.932,1:21:31.933
Yeah.

1:21:31.934,1:21:33.934
[ SIGHS ]

1:21:33.935,1:21:37.439
I love you so much,[br]and I don't want you to be hurt.

1:21:37.440,1:21:40.442
Yeah, me either.

1:21:40.942,1:21:42.944
Me either.

1:21:45.447,1:21:47.449
I’ll tell you --[br]if you start to get nauseous

1:21:47.450,1:21:49.451
and you start vomiting[br]and your eyes turn yellow,

1:21:49.452,1:21:51.453
you have got to go[br]to the emergency room,

1:21:51.454,1:21:53.454
no matter where you are.

1:21:53.455,1:21:55.707
Again, if you're not[br]keeping food down

1:21:55.708,1:21:57.959
or you're feeling[br]sick to your stomach --

1:21:58.460,1:22:00.462
it looks like your[br]liver-function tests

1:22:00.463,1:22:01.962
are getting worse.

1:22:01.963,1:22:05.216
My suggestion would be[br]to stop the diet

1:22:05.217,1:22:08.469
and go back to eating[br]a lower-fat diet,

1:22:08.470,1:22:11.973
rechecking the blood tests[br]in a couple of weeks.

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THOMPSON: Nobody needs to be[br]partisan about this issue.

1:22:28.491,1:22:31.493
We need fixes, we need remedies,[br]and we need support.

1:22:31.494,1:22:34.496
MORGAN: How much influence[br]on government legislators

1:22:34.497,1:22:36.497
does the food[br]industry have?

1:22:36.498,1:22:40.001
The food industry is an enormous[br]business in the United States.

1:22:40.502,1:22:42.504
Therefore,[br]it employs very expensive

1:22:42.505,1:22:44.005
and well-paid lobbyists,

1:22:44.506,1:22:48.510
and those lobbyists are in[br]Washington for two purposes --

1:22:48.511,1:22:52.514
number one, to make sure that[br]no government agency ever says,

1:22:52.515,1:22:55.016
"eat less[br]of the company's products."

1:22:55.517,1:22:56.517
number two --

1:22:56.518,1:23:01.022
that the government never passes[br]legislation that is unfavorable.

1:23:01.023,1:23:04.025
And I guess the third one[br]is to encourage the government

1:23:04.026,1:23:05.526
to pass favorable legislation.

1:23:05.527,1:23:07.779
MORGAN: The GMA[br]is one of those lobbies.

1:23:07.780,1:23:10.031
You're going to see us do[br]what we do best,

1:23:10.032,1:23:13.535
and that is[br]market appropriately,

1:23:13.536,1:23:15.036
finance education programs,

1:23:15.537,1:23:17.539
as we're doing[br]in a great abundance,

1:23:17.540,1:23:19.541
getting good information[br]out to parents

1:23:19.542,1:23:21.041
so we can solve the problem.

1:23:21.042,1:23:24.044
That's what we do[br]in the food industry.

1:23:24.045,1:23:28.049
we think that is a responsible,[br]important role to play.

1:23:28.550,1:23:31.051
We are not police.[br]We are not regulators.

1:23:31.052,1:23:34.055
We provide a safe,[br]affordable abundance of food

1:23:34.056,1:23:35.556
like the world has never seen.

1:23:35.557,1:23:38.560
The food industry[br]and the broadcasters

1:23:38.561,1:23:40.562
are extremely powerful lobbies,

1:23:40.563,1:23:43.564
and ...they outgun us.

1:23:43.565,1:23:45.567
The industry[br]has stepped up to the plate.

1:23:46.067,1:23:48.069
We're going to do more.[br]we want to do more.

1:23:48.070,1:23:50.071
We recognize[br]we have a role to play.

1:23:50.072,1:23:51.072
We're part of the solution.

1:23:51.573,1:23:52.573
We're part of the problem,

1:23:52.574,1:23:56.577
and we also are part[br]of the solution.

1:23:56.578,1:23:58.580
MORGAN: Did everyone hear[br]what he just said?

1:23:59.080,1:24:00.582
"We're part of the problem."

1:24:01.082,1:24:04.085
The lobbyist for Coke, Heinz,[br]Smucker's, Kellogg's, Nestlé?

1:24:04.086,1:24:06.838
Kraft, Hershey's, Sara Lee,[br]Cadbury, General Mills,

1:24:06.839,1:24:09.591
Seagram, Welch's, Wise,[br]Anheuser-Busch, Birds Eye,

1:24:09.592,1:24:11.592
Lance, Campbell's, Carvel, Mars,

1:24:11.593,1:24:13.595
Ocean Spray, Hormel,[br]Dannon, and Pepsi

1:24:13.596,1:24:15.597
said,[br]"we're part of the problem."

1:24:16.097,1:24:18.099
I think[br]we're making some headway.

1:24:18.100,1:24:20.602
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

1:24:21.102,1:24:22.603
WOMAN: Good afternoon.[br]Media Line.

1:24:22.604,1:24:24.104
Yeah, I wanted[br]to speak to somebody

1:24:24.105,1:24:26.608
about scheduling an interview[br]with Jim Cantalupo.

1:24:26.609,1:24:27.608
I can take the information

1:24:27.609,1:24:29.110
and have somebody[br]get back to you.

1:24:29.611,1:24:31.111
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]

1:24:31.112,1:24:33.113
Good morning.[br]Media Line.

1:24:33.114,1:24:36.618
I wanted to speak to someone[br]about scheduling an interview.

1:24:36.619,1:24:38.118
I can take the information

1:24:38.119,1:24:40.120
and have somebody[br]get back to you.

1:24:40.121,1:24:45.126
I pledge allegiance to the flag[br]of the united states of America,

1:24:45.127,1:24:49.631
for which it stands, one nation,[br]under god, indivisible,

1:24:49.632,1:24:52.634
with liberty[br]and justice for all.

1:24:52.635,1:24:54.136
MORGAN: One more time.

1:24:54.137,1:24:55.636
Yeah, what did you do?

1:24:55.637,1:24:57.889
I said it.[br]What were you doing?

1:24:57.890,1:25:00.140
I pledge allegiance[br]to the flag

1:25:00.141,1:25:03.645
of the united states[br]of America, one nation...

1:25:04.145,1:25:08.148
MORGAN: And to the republic[br]for which it stands.

1:25:08.149,1:25:12.153
I pledge allegiance to the flag[br]of the united states of America,

1:25:12.154,1:25:14.656
and to the republic,[br]for which it stands,

1:25:15.156,1:25:17.659
one nation, under god,[br]indivisible,

1:25:18.159,1:25:20.661
and justice for all.

1:25:20.662,1:25:23.164
Liberty.[br]Where's the liberty?

1:25:23.165,1:25:25.165
The liberty.[br]Say it.

1:25:25.166,1:25:26.668
Do you want us[br]to keep walking?

1:25:26.669,1:25:28.168
What's the Big Mac slogan?

1:25:28.169,1:25:30.170
You know,[br]"two all-beef patties"...

1:25:30.171,1:25:32.173
"special sauce, lettuce,[br]cheese, pickles, onions

1:25:32.174,1:25:34.175
on a sesame-seed bun."

1:25:34.176,1:25:36.177
Yeah, you know that.

1:25:36.178,1:25:38.430
That is a shame!

1:25:38.431,1:25:40.682
[ LAUGHTER ]

1:25:42.684,1:25:45.186
Welcome to McDonald's.[br]We're glad you're here.

1:25:45.187,1:25:50.692
# I hope you got fat

1:25:52.694,1:25:58.199
# I hope you got really fat

1:25:59.701,1:26:03.705
# 'Cause if you got[br]really, really fat

1:26:03.706,1:26:07.709
# You just might want[br]to see me come back

1:26:07.710,1:26:12.714
# I hope you got fat #

1:26:12.715,1:26:13.715
help me out, now.

1:26:14.215,1:26:16.216
# Hey, I don't care #

1:26:16.217,1:26:18.218
WOMAN:[br]Hi, can I help you?

1:26:18.219,1:26:21.722
Could I get[br]a large vanilla shake, please?

1:26:21.723,1:26:23.725
I’m sorry, sir. We don't[br]have any shakes right now.

1:26:24.225,1:26:25.225
No shakes?

1:26:25.226,1:26:27.729
When will you have shakes,[br]do you think?

1:26:30.732,1:26:32.984
Guess that's a never.

1:26:32.985,1:26:35.235
At the end of this month,

1:26:35.236,1:26:37.738
I’ll have eaten[br]as much McDonald's

1:26:37.739,1:26:42.243
as most nutritionists say you're[br]supposed to eat in eight years.

1:26:45.747,1:26:47.748
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

1:26:47.749,1:26:49.249
Media Line.[br]This is Sheila.

1:26:49.250,1:26:51.252
Yeah, Sheila,[br]It's Morgan Spurlock calling.

1:26:51.253,1:26:52.754
I’m trying[br]to reach Lisa Howard.

1:26:53.254,1:26:54.756
Okay, Morgan,[br]I will let her know.

1:26:54.757,1:26:56.256
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

1:26:56.257,1:26:57.257
Hi, this is Lisa Howard.

1:26:57.258,1:26:59.259
I’m not able to take[br]your call right now.

1:26:59.260,1:27:01.262
If you'll leave me a message,[br]I'll get back to you...

1:27:01.263,1:27:02.764
Hey, Lisa,[br]it's Morgan Spurlock.

1:27:03.264,1:27:05.266
I wanted to follow up[br]on the e-mail I sent you...

1:27:05.267,1:27:06.767
...close to[br]the end of the day,

1:27:06.768,1:27:08.770
and I didn't know when[br]she was gonna be taking off.

1:27:08.771,1:27:10.772
I’ll put another[br]message on her desk.

1:27:10.773,1:27:12.773
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ][br]Lisa Howard.

1:27:12.774,1:27:15.276
Hi, Lisa,[br]it's Morgan Spurlock calling.

1:27:15.277,1:27:17.278
- How are you?[br]- I'm okay.

1:27:17.279,1:27:18.779
So you got my e-mail.

1:27:18.780,1:27:22.784
Yes, I got your e-mail,[br]and I'm circulating it around.

1:27:22.785,1:27:25.036
I don't have[br]an answer for you.

1:27:25.037,1:27:27.163
Any idea when[br]you think you might?

1:27:27.164,1:27:29.290
Probably in[br]the next day or two.

1:27:29.291,1:27:33.293
Oh ...man.

1:27:33.294,1:27:35.796
Walking up the stairs[br]has gotten --

1:27:35.797,1:27:38.298
it's starting[br]to get really difficult.

1:27:38.299,1:27:42.804
By the time I get to the top,[br]it's really pathetic.

1:27:42.805,1:27:44.806
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

1:27:44.807,1:27:46.808
Oh, man.

1:27:52.814,1:27:56.317
ALEX: I've got Morgan's[br]detox diet all ready to go.

1:27:56.818,1:27:59.821
the biggest thing[br]is taking the crap out

1:27:59.822,1:28:01.822
and putting good stuff in.

1:28:01.823,1:28:05.827
I’m really focusing[br]on nutrient-dense food,

1:28:06.327,1:28:08.830
organic, seasonal, fresh food,

1:28:09.330,1:28:14.836
making sure that I'm getting[br]as many cleansing vegetables

1:28:14.837,1:28:17.337
into his diet as possible.

1:28:17.338,1:28:20.341
[ OHIO EXPRESS'[br]"YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY" PLAYS ]

1:28:24.846,1:28:27.849
# Yummy, yummy, yummy,[br]I got love in my tummy

1:28:28.349,1:28:30.852
# And I feel like a-lovin' you

1:28:31.352,1:28:33.354
# Love,[br]you're such a sweet thing

1:28:33.355,1:28:34.855
# Good-enough-to-eat thing

1:28:34.856,1:28:38.860
# And that's[br]just a-what I'm gonna do?

1:28:38.861,1:28:40.612
# Ooh, love to hold ya

1:28:40.613,1:28:42.363
# Ooh, love to kiss ya

1:28:42.864,1:28:44.365
# Ooh, love, I love it so #

1:28:44.366,1:28:45.867
We're sharing a portion.

1:28:45.868,1:28:46.868
Yeah, we split it.

1:28:46.869,1:28:47.869
[ LAUGHS ]

1:28:48.369,1:28:50.872
# Ooh, love, you're sweeter #

1:28:50.873,1:28:52.373
Extra calories.

1:28:52.874,1:28:53.874
# I won't let you go #

1:28:53.875,1:28:56.377
I love you dearly,[br]but you are demented, man,

1:28:56.378,1:28:57.629
you're sick.

1:28:57.630,1:28:59.005
Bye-bye.

1:28:59.006,1:29:00.380
Bye!

1:29:00.381,1:29:03.885
MORGAN: I can't believe[br]that tomorrow I'm gonna get up

1:29:03.886,1:29:05.887
and not have to go eat[br]McDonald's.

1:29:18.900,1:29:20.651
That's it.

1:29:20.652,1:29:22.403
Unbelievable.

1:29:22.904,1:29:25.156
Whoo-hoo!

1:29:25.157,1:29:27.407
Okay.

1:29:27.408,1:29:28.408
[ LAUGHTER ]

1:29:28.409,1:29:30.912
It just[br]keeps getting bigger.

1:29:30.913,1:29:32.914
Wow.

1:29:34.415,1:29:35.916
Oh, yeah.

1:29:35.917,1:29:37.417
Oh, boy.

1:29:37.418,1:29:40.421
BENNETT: I'm gonna say 210,[br]right on the money.

1:29:40.422,1:29:45.425
We went from 185.5 to 194...

1:29:45.426,1:29:49.429
a week later to 203,[br]then down to 202,

1:29:49.430,1:29:54.435
and now eight pounds[br]during the last week for 210.

1:29:54.436,1:29:58.439
I think we know[br]the damage that can be done.

1:30:00.942,1:30:02.944
Lisa Howard,[br]it's Morgan Spurlock calling..

1:30:03.444,1:30:05.947
I don't know how many times[br]we've called her now,

1:30:05.948,1:30:08.448
but this has got to be[br]the 15th time.

1:30:08.449,1:30:10.952
Lisa Howard, Morgan Spurlock[br]calling from New York.

1:30:10.953,1:30:12.954
Please call me[br]when you get this message.

1:30:12.955,1:30:14.956
We'd still like[br]to schedule an interview

1:30:15.456,1:30:16.957
with someone from McDonald's.

1:30:16.958,1:30:18.459
Please call me when you get this

1:30:18.960,1:30:20.961
and let's talk[br]about what's possible.

1:30:20.962,1:30:23.965
[ HIGH-PITCHED ][br]you'll not talk to anybody,

1:30:23.966,1:30:26.967
and you'll like it that way.

1:30:26.968,1:30:28.969
After six months[br]of deliberation,

1:30:28.970,1:30:32.473
Judge Robert Sweet dismissed[br]the lawsuit against McDonald's.

1:30:32.474,1:30:33.974
The big reason?

1:30:33.975,1:30:35.476
The two girls failed to show

1:30:35.977,1:30:38.980
that eating McDonald's food[br]was what caused their injuries.

1:30:38.981,1:30:40.480
Interesting.

1:30:40.481,1:30:42.984
In only 30 days of eating[br]nothing but McDonald's,

1:30:43.484,1:30:46.487
I gained 241/2 pounds,[br]my liver turned to fat,

1:30:46.488,1:30:49.489
and my cholesterol[br]shot up 65 points.

1:30:49.490,1:30:52.493
My body-fat percentage[br]went from 11% to 18%,

1:30:52.994,1:30:53.995
still below the national average

1:30:54.495,1:30:56.496
of 22% for men[br]and 30% for women.

1:30:56.497,1:30:59.500
I nearly doubled my risk[br]of coronary heart disease,

1:30:59.501,1:31:02.253
making myself twice as likely[br]to have heart failure.

1:31:02.254,1:31:05.005
I felt depressed and exhausted[br]most of the time.

1:31:05.006,1:31:09.010
My moods swung on a dime,[br]and my sex life was nonexistent.

1:31:09.011,1:31:12.513
I craved this food more and more[br]when I ate it

1:31:12.514,1:31:15.016
and got massive headaches[br]when I didn't.

1:31:15.017,1:31:16.017
In my final blood test,

1:31:16.517,1:31:19.520
many of my body functions[br]showed signs of improvement,

1:31:19.521,1:31:23.024
but the doctors[br]were less than optimistic.

1:31:23.025,1:31:24.524
I would very, very much doubt

1:31:24.525,1:31:26.527
that these numbers[br]will return to normal.

1:31:26.528,1:31:29.030
Although it did drop,[br]it was a small drop.

1:31:29.031,1:31:31.531
If you kept on the diet,[br]you'd definitely --

1:31:31.532,1:31:35.036
I know that you'd probably[br]develop coronary artery disease.

1:31:35.037,1:31:38.539
...inflammation[br]and hardening of the liver.

1:31:38.540,1:31:40.041
Should people[br]eat fast food?

1:31:40.274,1:31:41.841
No.

1:31:41.842,1:31:44.344
You know, the answer's no.

1:31:44.345,1:31:47.097
It certainly needs[br]to be very restricted

1:31:47.098,1:31:49.850
and balanced with,[br]overall, a healthy diet

1:31:50.351,1:31:52.102
and, overall, a lot of exercise.

1:31:52.103,1:31:53.853
And there's no reason whatsoever

1:31:53.854,1:31:56.857
why fast food[br]has to be so disgusting.

1:31:56.858,1:31:58.609
Fast food can be nutritious.

1:31:58.610,1:32:00.360
It's a cheap form of food,

1:32:00.361,1:32:02.363
and it does keep you[br]full for a while,

1:32:02.364,1:32:04.364
so you get your money's worth.

1:32:04.365,1:32:07.368
But unfortunately, you cause[br]some major harm to your heart,

1:32:07.369,1:32:08.368
your liver, your blood.

1:32:08.369,1:32:10.371
I wouldn't suggest[br]you continue the diet

1:32:10.871,1:32:11.871
for a year to check this out.

1:32:11.872,1:32:13.874
I don't think[br]it's appropriate or healthy,

1:32:14.375,1:32:16.627
especially with[br]what showed up with your liver.

1:32:16.628,1:32:18.879
MORGAN: So I shouldn't eat[br]this food for a year?

1:32:18.880,1:32:20.380
No, I don't think so.

1:32:20.381,1:32:23.384
We see people[br]who go on an alcohol binge,

1:32:23.385,1:32:25.386
and their numbers[br]go up like crazy,

1:32:25.886,1:32:29.389
but to go on a Mac attack...

1:32:29.390,1:32:33.394
and they've got numbers to show[br]that it attacks your liver, too.

1:32:33.395,1:32:36.397
Honestly, I wouldn't have[br]even thought about this.

1:32:36.897,1:32:38.398
But it makes sense.

1:32:38.399,1:32:41.652
Now that we have the data,[br]it definitely makes sense.

1:32:41.653,1:32:44.905
MORGAN: Still, the impact[br]of this initial lawsuit

1:32:44.906,1:32:46.406
is being seen far and wide.

1:32:46.407,1:32:49.910
School districts in new York,[br]Texas, and San Francisco

1:32:49.911,1:32:52.412
have banned sugary soft drinks[br]in schools,

1:32:52.413,1:32:55.416
and all-natural, healthy options[br]are popping up everywhere.

1:32:55.916,1:32:58.168
McDonald’s joined right in,[br]sponsoring events

1:32:58.169,1:33:00.546
that showed how health-conscious[br]they'd become

1:33:00.547,1:33:02.922
and creating a new line[br]of premium salads.

1:33:02.923,1:33:05.926
At the same time, however,[br]they also masterminded

1:33:05.927,1:33:08.429
one of their fattest[br]sandwiches to date --

1:33:08.430,1:33:10.931
the McGriddle,[br]a pancake-wrapped creation

1:33:10.932,1:33:12.432
that won my heart in Texas

1:33:12.433,1:33:14.435
but can pack as much fat[br]as a Big Mac

1:33:14.935,1:33:17.688
and have more sugar than a pack[br]of McDonaldland cookies.

1:33:17.689,1:33:20.441
in fact, their new premium ranch[br]chicken salad with dressing

1:33:20.442,1:33:22.443
delivers more calories[br]than a Big Mac

1:33:22.444,1:33:24.444
and 51 grams of fat --

1:33:24.445,1:33:26.947
79% of your daily fat intake.

1:33:26.948,1:33:29.450
Over the course of my McDiet,

1:33:29.950,1:33:32.453
I consumed 30 pounds of sugar[br]from their food.

1:33:32.953,1:33:33.953
That's a pound a day.

1:33:33.954,1:33:36.957
On top of that,[br]I also took in 12 pounds of fat.

1:33:37.458,1:33:38.959
Now, I know what you're saying.

1:33:39.460,1:33:42.463
You're saying "nobody's[br]supposed to eat this food

1:33:42.464,1:33:43.463
"three times a day.

1:33:43.464,1:33:45.966
No wonder all this stuff[br]happened to you."

1:33:45.967,1:33:47.467
But the scary part is,

1:33:47.468,1:33:50.471
there are people[br]who eat this food regularly.

1:33:50.472,1:33:52.472
Some people[br]even eat it every day.

1:33:52.473,1:33:55.476
So while my experiment[br]may have been a little extreme,

1:33:55.477,1:33:56.977
it's not that crazy.

1:33:57.478,1:33:59.479
But here is a crazy idea --

1:33:59.480,1:34:02.482
why not do away[br]with your super size options?

1:34:02.483,1:34:05.986
Who needs 42 ounces of coke,[br]a half-pound of fries?

1:34:06.487,1:34:08.488
and why not give me a choice

1:34:08.489,1:34:10.991
besides French fries[br]or French fries?

1:34:10.992,1:34:12.492
that would be a great start.

1:34:12.493,1:34:14.995
But why should these companies[br]want to change?

1:34:15.496,1:34:17.998
Their loyalty isn't to you.[br]It's to the stockholders.

1:34:17.999,1:34:20.501
The bottom line --[br]they're a business,

1:34:20.502,1:34:22.001
no matter what they say.

1:34:22.002,1:34:26.006
And by selling you unhealthy[br]food, they make millions,

1:34:26.007,1:34:28.508
and no company[br]wants to stop doing that.

1:34:28.509,1:34:31.011
If this ever-growing paradigm[br]is going to shift,

1:34:31.012,1:34:32.512
it's up to you.

1:34:32.513,1:34:35.516
But if you decide to keep[br]living this way, go ahead.

1:34:36.016,1:34:39.019
Over time, you may find yourself[br]getting as sick as I did,

1:34:39.020,1:34:40.521
and you may wind up here...

1:34:40.522,1:34:41.522
or here.

1:34:42.022,1:34:44.023
I guess the big question is --

1:34:44.024,1:34:48.529
who do you want to see go first,[br]you or them?

1:34:57.037,1:35:00.290
Right now, you have the urge[br]to eat something.

1:35:00.291,1:35:03.544
When it's through,[br]if you still want to eat,

1:35:03.545,1:35:06.046
then you're probably[br]really hungry.

1:35:06.047,1:35:07.548
Think about what I'm saying.

1:35:08.048,1:35:09.800
# F.a.c., that is me

1:35:09.801,1:35:11.552
# But I didn't use to be

1:35:12.052,1:35:13.553
# I was hot, I was hungry

1:35:13.554,1:35:15.305
# I was loose, I was free

1:35:15.306,1:35:17.056
# Then I waited in the line

1:35:17.057,1:35:18.559
# For some burgers[br]and some fries

1:35:18.560,1:35:20.560
# Super size, that'd be nice

1:35:20.561,1:35:22.062
# Take a bite[br]and close your eyes

1:35:22.063,1:35:23.564
# Round two, what do I do?

1:35:24.064,1:35:25.565
# I can barely walk around

1:35:25.566,1:35:27.317
# Jenny Craig, Richard Simmons

1:35:27.318,1:35:28.944
# But I still love to pound

1:35:28.945,1:35:30.570
# Hamburgers, coca-cola,

1:35:30.571,1:35:32.072
# Getting gas[br]from too much soda

1:35:32.573,1:35:34.324
# Double double chunky chunky

1:35:34.325,1:35:36.076
# Hope this meal is never over

1:35:36.077,1:35:37.578
# The world is round

1:35:37.579,1:35:39.078
# And so am I

1:35:39.079,1:35:40.831
# Big boys, big girls

1:35:40.832,1:35:42.582
# With real big thighs

1:35:42.583,1:35:45.586
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:35:46.086,1:35:49.089
# Throw it down, throw it down,[br]all day, every day

1:35:49.590,1:35:52.593
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:35:52.594,1:35:54.845
# Getting fat, getting broke

1:35:54.846,1:35:57.097
# Either way, you're gonna pay

1:35:57.598,1:36:00.851
# Super-size me

1:36:00.852,1:36:04.230
# Super-size me

1:36:04.231,1:36:06.920
# Super-size me

1:36:06.921,1:36:09.609
# Super-size me

1:36:09.610,1:36:11.111
# Now I can't get out of bed

1:36:11.612,1:36:13.113
# So I have to order in

1:36:13.114,1:36:14.615
# I'm a triple-fat fatty

1:36:15.115,1:36:16.616
# And I have a triple chin

1:36:16.617,1:36:19.870
# Who's to blame for the lawyer[br]tried to settle out of court?

1:36:19.871,1:36:23.123
# Get some cash, spend it fast[br]'cause I'm staring at my port

1:36:23.624,1:36:25.125
# 'Cause it's sad[br]and it's lonely

1:36:25.126,1:36:26.627
# Ham and cheese with bologna

1:36:26.628,1:36:28.379
# Large pie, stuffed crust

1:36:28.380,1:36:30.006
# A doggy bag is for a phony

1:36:30.007,1:36:31.632
# I have lost the motivation

1:36:32.132,1:36:33.633
# To inhibit the sensation

1:36:33.634,1:36:35.134
# By the luck of frustration

1:36:35.135,1:36:36.853
# Birthday cake,[br]I stick my face in

1:36:36.854,1:36:38.714
# Turkey club[br]with double bacon

1:36:38.715,1:36:40.574
# It's got[br]healthy connotations

1:36:40.575,1:36:42.075
# Fast food is overtakin'

1:36:42.076,1:36:43.577
# And it's super-sized[br]the nation

1:36:44.078,1:36:47.080
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:36:47.081,1:36:50.584
# Throw it down, throw it down,[br]all day, every day

1:36:50.585,1:36:54.088
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:36:54.089,1:36:56.340
# Getting fat, getting broke

1:36:56.341,1:36:58.592
# Either way,[br]you're gonna pay

1:36:58.593,1:37:02.096
# Super-size me

1:37:02.097,1:37:05.600
# Super-size me

1:37:05.601,1:37:08.353
# Super-size me

1:37:08.354,1:37:11.104
# Super-size me

1:37:11.105,1:37:12.606
if I can keep up this progress,

1:37:13.107,1:37:16.110
I’ll have 25 pounds --[br]25 pounds.

1:37:16.111,1:37:17.862
That's a lot of weight.

1:37:17.863,1:37:19.489
# Kentucky fried just right

1:37:19.490,1:37:21.053
# Chicken nugget, dip it twice

1:37:21.054,1:37:22.616
# Biggie fries, enchilada,

1:37:23.117,1:37:24.618
# Philly cheese,[br]drive-through diet

1:37:24.619,1:37:26.370
# Pack on weight, party yak

1:37:26.371,1:37:27.997
# Heart attack, back on track

1:37:27.998,1:37:29.811
# Still so fat, slim fast

1:37:29.812,1:37:31.624
# Slim slow, touch your toes

1:37:31.625,1:37:33.377
# Finger-licking,[br]hit the border

1:37:33.378,1:37:35.129
# Pull right up[br]and place your order

1:37:35.130,1:37:36.631
# It's your way right away

1:37:36.632,1:37:38.131
# You deserve a break today

1:37:38.132,1:37:41.634
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:37:41.635,1:37:45.139
# Throw it down, throw it down,[br]all day, every day

1:37:45.140,1:37:48.142
# Super size, super size,[br]the American way

1:37:48.642,1:37:50.894
# Getting fat, getting broke

1:37:50.895,1:37:53.147
# Either way, you're gonna pay

1:37:53.148,1:37:55.399
# Super-size me

1:37:55.400,1:37:57.650
# Super-size me

1:37:57.651,1:37:59.653
put something in your mouth.

1:37:59.654,1:38:01.154
# Super-size me

1:38:01.155,1:38:03.157
can I get extra cheese[br]with that?

1:38:03.657,1:38:04.657
# Super-size me

1:38:04.658,1:38:06.660
what do you mean,[br]50 cents for extra cheese?

1:38:06.661,1:38:08.161
# Super-size me

1:38:08.162,1:38:10.164
I come here all the time![br]hook a brother up!

1:38:10.165,1:38:11.666
# Super-size me

1:38:11.667,1:38:13.167
ooh! A buffet!

1:38:13.667,1:38:15.168
# Super-size me

1:38:15.169,1:38:17.171
all you can eat, all day.

1:38:17.172,1:38:18.171
# Super-size me

1:38:18.172,1:38:20.174
is that the biggest size[br]you got?

1:38:20.175,1:38:21.674
# Super-size me

1:38:21.675,1:38:23.677
I said I want it super sized.

1:38:23.678,1:38:25.178
# Super-size me

1:38:25.179,1:38:27.181
can I get, like,[br]a bucket with a handle?

1:38:27.182,1:38:28.681
# Super-size me

1:38:28.682,1:38:30.684
two for a dollar?[br]I'll take it!

1:38:30.685,1:38:32.185
# Super-size me

1:38:32.186,1:38:34.188
all I need[br]is three more quarts...

1:38:34.189,1:38:35.688
# Super-size me

1:38:35.689,1:38:37.191
...and another set of hands.

1:38:37.192,1:38:38.691
# Super-size me #

1:38:38.692,1:38:41.195
that's a pretty good idea.

1:38:43.697,1:38:45.198
Wait, the sign --

1:38:45.199,1:38:49.203
[ ECHOING ][br]The sign said free refills.

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