5A+Margaret+Velez

I'm Margaret Velez an intern at healthy living! =

= == 1. Mr. Spurlock goes to several McDonald’s restaurants in search of posters and handout with nutritional information and discovers they are difficult to read or not available at all. Why? -This shows that McDonald’s costumers are not concerned about what they are eating. This also shows that McDonald’s does not take pride in their foods nutritional value. If McDonald’s did have pride in their food, they would have shown their information on a board, available for everyone of their costumers to see. If McDonald’s costumers were worried about what they were eating, they would have called upon one of the employees to obtain the information for them. Obviously, this did not happen until Mr. Spurlock had to search the restaurant for the information, and call upon the assistance of many people. In some cases, managers had to be called out to find it. In one McDonald’s restaurant, the charts were kept in the basement of the restaurant. In another restaurant, the chart was posted on a board, but was covered by an advertisement. And in one final case, the McDonalds had no charts or boards posted with nutritional information. The restaurant told Mr. Spurlock to go on the internet. But in the case of millions Americans, they don’t have access to a computer or the internet. So this begs the question, what are these Americans going to do? These Americans who eat at a McDonald’s restaurant have no idea what they are consuming. They cannot call upon McDonalds to help them out.

2. According to the documentary, how does McDonalds lure young children? Would you conclude that McDonald’s does cater the kids? Why? Give examples from the film. -McDonalds lures children in many ways. First, McDonald’s icon, the clown, Ronald McDonald. The clown makes the child think of fun, happy times. Second, McDonalds offers meals make especially of young children, like the happy meal. The happy meal come in its own box, and also comes with a toy. The toy could draw the child in because the child could want the specific toy and want to come back to McDonalds. Third, McDonalds has indoor and outdoor playgrounds. The indoor playgrounds are “great” because it makes them want to come in the winter time, when outdoor playgrounds are not used. Most people when they go to the indoor playground, they buy something from the restaurant. McDonalds is a warm and comforting place where the child has memories, like birthday parties.

3. The film compares the current fast food revolution to the tobacco industry. One speaker posed the question, “Is Fat the Next Tobacco?” What are they discussing and how did they relate it to fast food and the fast food industry. -Tobacco is addicting, and so is fat food for some people. Mr. Spurlock noticed that when he wasent eating, he was very depressed and always wanted more. This happens in some cases of people using tobacco. Fast food could very easily be a drug. The side effects that fast food has on people could be astounding if you are not careful with it. Tobacco is very dangerous obviously. Both fast food and tobacco are addicting.

4. The film discussed school lunch programs and “a box cutter as a chef’s tool”, as well as natural food and the effect on students of an alternative school. Discuss the major points in the film that surround these ideas. What recommendations can you make to improve the school lunch at our school? -most people would not eat a frozen meal for lunch EVERYDAY. Most kids in public schools do and don’t even know it. Frozen foods mean that the nutrition is gone and squeezed out of it. It is not fresh and not made daily. Fresh food is obviously better because it is made that day, made of fresh ingredients and could just all around taste better. Lunch at our school should offer more salads and wraps. I know many people who would like that much better.