Supersize Me

[Guest guest]

I recently saw Moran Spurlock's documentary, Supersize Me, about the

fast food industry and the US obesity epidemic. The movie is more

anti-fat than anti-meat, but Spurlock's girlfriend is a Vegan and I

think she comes across well in the film. I thought it was an

excellent movie, and there is also some great bonus material on the

DVD where Spurlock chats with the author of Fast Food Nation, Eric

Schlosser.

 

The thought occurred to me that it might be useful to have my kids

watch the video, but some of the material might not be appropriate

for younger kids, such as the casual talk about sex and the frankness

that they talk about being grossly overweight. But then again, it

might be helpful to counter all the billions of dollars spent by fast

food companies to hook kids before they know what is happening.

 

Has anybody watched this movie with their kids? If so, what age were

the children? And how did they react? Did you have any parent-child

discussions along with the viewing?

 

- Alan