It's the sugary foods and beverages. At least that's what this garbage docu is trying to tell people. They want to tell you that you don't need personal responsibly, that why you have the government, they can do all your thinking for you.
shareIt's the sugary foods and beverages. At least that's what this garbage docu is trying to tell people. They want to tell you that you don't need personal responsibly, that why you have the government, they can do all your thinking for you.
Congrats on missing the entire point of the documentary.
shareWhen I first heard Katie Couric talk about this movie and up until I was in the middle of watching it I also had the feeling that here we go again, it's someone else's fault but yours (as feminists always say), and to some extend this film is saying this. But...
By the end of the film I do think that this isn't all, or the main thing it's saying. Yes we could blame adults because we know what to eat and what not to eat and buying those fatty foods you can't blame anyone but yourself. But I think that the 'BIG FOOD' is at fault when it comes to the things that they and the government say, when you want to lose weight and a product says its low fat, low calories, etc you expect it to be true since you trust the Food Administration but they lied, they add more sugars and just write different names for it, in this regards how can adults or anyone be at fault?! (When you work out and eat these foods you think are healthier but in truth there is so much sugar).
We can't blame kids because, as the film showed, the 'Big Food' spend millions on making cool/kid friendly advertising and adding toys to food so the kid wants these foods and by the time they are adults they are addicted to these foods since sugar is proven to be like a drug...so in this regard its these people's fault as well (along with the parents, but again the parents were taught this as well).
And there is a point to be made that ever since corporations pretty much creates 90percent of the food they are at fault...how are you supposed to grow your own vegetables and fruits if you live in city and desserts, etc? How can they make products that they say is healthier for you and hide the fact that it really isn't, that so much sugar is added for taste? How can they not be at fault?!
The kids in this video, though, didn't look like they worked out that much. They say they do, they showed couple kids doing it, but you can't work out for a little and eat the same things you did before and expect to lose weight. That's why diets are billion dollar industrys, people want a quick fix to lose weight but when the diet period is over, if they even finish the whole diet, they are back to doing what they did before. Diets shouldn't exist, a life change needs to happen not just for a few weeks but for the rest of your life. I know it isn't easy but you need to change the way you eat and excersise for the rest of your life.
On the other hand, once you are an adult and know the truth, even though you are a sugar addict, you can't keep blaming others. Just like when the documentary "Super Size Me" came out, you'd think McDonald's would be out of business by now but no McDonald's is stronger than ever, people are still eating there even though they know how bad it is, how they treat the animals, how your system will change, etc. Adults are at fault to a big degree but we do have to blame the governments and the corporations who are creating these horrible foods just to make money (how can organic food be more expensive than food made in a lab?)
I bet fat people love this documentary.
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It's the sugary foods and beverages. At least that's what this garbage docu is trying to tell people. They want to tell you that you don't need personal responsibly, that why you have the government, they can do all your thinking for you.
You are Sarah Palin and I claim my prize
'Well I've got two words for you - STFU'
Well, the documentary argued that it is an addictive drug like cigarettes, and they claim that the government needs to make stricter laws and treat it like they treat cigarettes.
Unless you know more science than the people who produced the studies about addictive characteristics of sugar, your argument sounds like a tobacco or sugar lobbyist.
I came here just to find a post like this, after watching the film.
I thought, man, someone is going to make this political, probably even mention the "nanny state" argument that the movie itself shoots down hard.
Anyway, thanks for being that guy. Your wild ignorance made me smile.