An excellent piece of analysis from the American Enterprise Institute. The finding: if you eat nothing but McDonald's every day and stop exercising, you get fat. The (implicit or explicit) conclusion: therefore, the government should crack down on big, bad McDonald's.
I agree with the finding; however, I'm a little worried about the fact that fast food is being treated like "the new tobacco" (a recent issue of the journal Pediatrics makes a similar claim). I fear that it's only a matter of time before the government steps in.
And finally, here's a suggestion for any film students who might be reading: do the opposite of Super Size Me. Find someone who is overweight and willing to change their diet and exercise habits. No crash dieting or fad diets—just see what happens when they cut down their calorie intake and increase their daily exercise.
