Spurlock states that over one hundred million Americans, nearly sixty percent of the entire population, are considered medically obese, and that four hundred million of these obese citizens will die each year due to health failures related to their weight. ... Further analysis of the weight gain suggests that Spurlock's liver has turned to fat, and his chance of encountering heart failure has doubled due to his poor diet. ... Other than in terms of his health, the filmmaker is able to effectively present himself as the average New Yorker, thus representing the general population of the Un...

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In addition, more than one third of the U.S. population is overweight or obese, 35 percent of women and 33 percent of men " (BetterMedicine) The most prominent aspect of these ads is their intention to make the audience to see obesity as committing suicide, which is apparently expressed by the line in the image, "OBESITY IS SUICIDE " (BrandonKnowlden). ... The number of drug abusers has nearly doubled from 7.8 million to 15.1 million from 1992 to 2003. ...

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