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Fast food and the supersizing of america morgan spurlock is an independent film director and screenwriter, known for the wildly successful and academy award nominated documentary super size me, in which he attempted to demonstrate the negative health effects of mcdonalds food. These citations may not conform precisely to your selected citation style. Dont eat this book pdf by morgan spurlock hilubony73572. The independent magazine mentions an incident back in 1967 where david wallerstein, an area manager for the balaban movie theater chain, was given the task of boosting sales of popcorn and soda.
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