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Don't Eat This Book - Morgan Spurlock

 

Description: ISBN 0425210235 / Author: Morgan Spurlock / Genre: Humour / Though he wasn't much of an activist before his monthlong, McDonald's-eating ... more
Don't Eat This Book - Morgan Spurlock ... experiment (documented in his film Super Size Me), Spurlock has since become a crusader for healthy eating. His passion is obvious in his reading of this audiobook, which delves more deeply into the issues his film raised, focusing in particular on food industry lobbyists and youth-oriented advertising. His undisguised indignation at their manipulative tactics and his contempt for the often slothful modern American lifestyle rise inexorably as he reels off statistics about calorie content, chemical additives, lack of exercise and so on. Frequently, his enthusiasm leads him to read too quickly and, without visuals showing portion sizes or unhealthy trends, the audio loses some of its impact. Spurlock also announces sidebar every time he begins reading what in the book are separate boxes, which is unnecessary and somewhat irritating since the information always relates to what he has been discussing. But the sincerity of Spurlock's quest and his mockery of the people behind what he sees as a national threat—he humorously mimics the voices of advertising executives and food industry honchos when reading their claims—makes this audio easy to consume.

Newest Review: ... jumps from one idea to the next and back again, leaving the reader hanging expectantly until he decides to finish his ... more

 ... thoughts. There are many positives, however. Foremost is Spurlock’s ability to translate the statistical and nutritional information into something the average reader can relate too. Not only does he have an impressive ability to simplify things without totally “dumbing down” but he uses clever anecdotal evidence to counter the science. “Don’t eat this Book” is certainly thorough and could not be accused of being under-researched. Twenty-four pages of notes at the end of the book reveal the varied sources from which ...more

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Crowned Review Don't Eat This Book - Morgan Spurlock: Pages packed full of moral fibre (947 words)
by fizzywizzy - written on 21/03/07 (Very useful, 180 readings)
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Morgan Spurlock created the film “Super Size Me” to document his investigation into the effects of fast food on our health. For thirty days the intrepid writer ate nothing but food from McDonalds, recording not only the physical but also the psychological effects too. “Don’t eat this Book” is more than “the book that accompanies” the film.; it is an account of the whole story – how the idea came about, the research on the possible effects of the enterprise, how Spurlock surrounded himself with medical experts and what the public and corporate responses have been to the whole affair. The method used is a mix of statistical and scientific evidence ...

 

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