Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Micitype Pretty Good

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

armyfighterolson Im 10-20 minutes into this and already have heard so many false statements. Its just making excuses, blaming advertising companies for making people overeat. Its absolutely maddening. Im going to finish it, because I have to for a school project. If it turns around, Ill update the review accordingly.

The Couchpotatoes Fed Up is a very interesting documentary about everything what is wrong in the food industry, especially the American one. It's all about the lobbyists and making as much profit as possible. The same like it was with the tobacco industry in the past, and the same as what is still happening with the firearm and oil industry. It's almost impossible to fight those big companies because they have so much money that they will corrupt the majority of people that are in charge of the laws. On the other hand you will still have people that are not selfish and that will try to make this world a better place. A place where money has no role and where people can live healthy and in peace. For that Fed Up is ideal because they can't ban a documentary like this one, where the truth about the food industry is being said. What makes the documentary sad sometimes is seeing how badly informed and brainwashed that a lot of Americans are. Seeing those morbidly obese children being desperate and trying to figure out why they are so fat is sad to see. What I found utterly disgusting as an European was the food those kids eat in their school. I had absolutely no clue that all those fast-food companies ruled the whole cafeteria. That would be absolutely impossible in any European country. There is no way our schools would serve our children hamburgers with fries, pizzas, nachos and all other crap food every day. I just can't believe parents in America don't say anything about that. Well most of them are obese as well so I guess they are used to it since they were kid themselves, but it's just appalling that something like that is possible in schools where your kids should learn to grow up healthy. Anyways, Fed Up, is a well done documentary that should be mandatory in every American family. A must see for every citizen of the world, fat or skinny, it doesn't matter.

tswiebold This documentary is absolutely terrible. Being a college student double majoring in psychology and exercise and sports science, this film is utter crap and is not helpful in anyway to the viewer. I watched the entire thing hoping that the experts in the film would point viewers in the right direction as far as getting correct and reliable nutrition information, but they did not. Instead their motto was "sugar is bad" and "less sugar the better." One pretty simple fact is that if someone lacks fat in their diet their bodies are going to need to make up the calories somehow. However, the film did not mention anything about eating the proper amount of fat or how to properly satiate cravings of sugar and why those cravings happen. Secondly, the film points fingers at external sources and holds society and politics as the culprits of obesity. That is utter crap. It is not the companies and other people making the decisions at the grocery store, it is the INDIVIDUAL! The only common denominator in every situation is YOU! Why did they create Google if no one is going to use it for finding nutrition advice? A common theme among any Google search on nutrition would be to stay away from sweets and fast food. That is not a hard concept to grasp and I do not need to watch this documentary to understand that. One easy tip is if you like sweets and fast food only eat them a couple times a week! They are TREATS for a reason!One overarching tip they forgot to mention during the film was bringing a lunch to school! If the school lunch is bad or doesn't meet healthy standards, bring a lunch! No one is forcing you to eat the school lunch or buy anything out of school vending machines. One banana and a table spoon of peanut butter or Nutella is going to be cheaper and healthier than buying a Snickers bar out of the vending machine. The final thing they missed was nutrient timing. That a plays a huge role on how to counteract fat gain and loss. If you are unfamiliar with nutrient timing I would suggest looking it up. One example of nutrient timing is the fact that eating low or no carbs for breakfast keeps the body in a state of ketosis, which means the body is using it fats stores for fuel. As soon as sufficient carbs are introduced to the body the body switches to using carbohydrates as fuel since carbs are the primary fuel source. There are millions of ways to gather information on nutrition and in this technological world we live in, finding information is nearly effortless. Therefore, there is no excuse on why people are so ignorant about nutrition.It's time for parents to step up to the plate and learn something in order to avoid leading your child down the road of obesity. It's not hard and it all starts with the curiosity/necessity of what healthy eating is and what people feel like when they do eat healthy. Let me tell you, that bloated, groggy, sluggish feeling after eating a Big Mac doesn't happen after eating a properly portioned healthy meal.

McKenzi This documentary is very eye-opening and is definitely changing how I eat and view products. I now know what is the REAL cause of obesity is America and why it is still continuing with all these lose-weight efforts. I absolutely LOVE this film. I didn't realize how these food companies targeted children like this and how detrimental it is to feed your children these nasty foods when they are young. However, this documentary does not tell you how you can replace these sickening foods with healthy juices, cereal, etc. for a normal middle-class Americans that are a reliant part of diet instead of cutting out optional foods like cookies and dessert.I am definitely changing my diet after watching this film and plan on replacing any soda with water and cutting out the normal 1-2 cookies I eat every day at lunch!