consumer health awareness

Do these films have something in

common?

It is a

documentary

about the effects

of eating a

“MacDiet” three

times a day for a

month.

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Spurlock followed specific rules

governing his eating habits:

He must fully eat three McDonald's meals per day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

He must consume every item on the McDonald's menu at least once over the course of the 30 days .

He must only ingest items that are offered on the McDonald's menu, including bottled water.

He must only Super Size the meal when offered.

He will attempt to walk about as much as a typical United States citizen.

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THAT SUGAR FILM documents the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived, or promoted to be 'healthy’ for 2 months.

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Both actors are the “guinea pigs” of their

own experiment.

In both experiments, their health is

damaged.

Sugary drinks have made his

teeth rotten, despite regularly

brushing his teeth

No, each year 26,000 primary school

children go to hospital just because

of rotten teeth. Sugar is the main

cause why children in the UK go to

hospital

What is the average amount of sugar

that many people in the UK consume?

7 teaspoons is the

recommended

amount.

In the UK many

people usually

consume about 40

teaspoons of sugar.

Yes, we have seen an example which

exceeds by 5 times the recommeded

amount because of the hidden sugar

in food.

Type 2 diabetes, which could be considered a diet-related illness. This illness used to be associated to old people, now there are more and more kids in the UK who have been diagnosed with it.

• No. 70% of confectionery sales are impulse buys and sweets are at child eye-level and easy to reach.

The health system is collapsing because there are a

lot of people suffering from diabetes, blindness-

related diabetes. Furthermore, lots of them are

losing their limbs because they needed to be

amputated.

The soda tax was introduced in Mexico

in 2014. Soda consumption has

decreased, and water and milk

consumption increased.

Jamie Oliver introduced it in his own UK

restaurants to give an example to the

government about what could be done on a

national scale. He is going to spend that

money on children's food education.