Don't Eat This Book
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| image = Donteatthisbook.jpg
| author = Morgan Spurlock
| isbn = 9780399152603
| pub_date = 2005
| name = Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America
| language = English
| country = United States
| publisher = Putnam
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America (usually shortened to Don't Eat This Book) is a 2005 book by Morgan Spurlock.{{Cite book |last=Spurlock |first=Morgan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLLuAAAAMAAJ |title=Don't Eat this Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America |date=2005 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |isbn=978-0-399-15260-3 |language=en}}
Content
Spurlock was known for his work in the documentary Super Size Me, and the book is a follow-up to the film. It starts off with some statistics on American spending habits and explanations, for example of the warning label. It concentrates on American eating habits, with references to the film. It also talks briefly about how McDonald's started, and how its CEOs attempt to carry on Ray Kroc's legacy.{{cite book|author=Andrew F. Smith|title=Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wq3tvL_uIHcC&pg=PA661|date=2 December 2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-39394-5|page=661}}
Critical Reception
Kirkus Reviews called Don't Eat This Book "even more disturbing" than the documentary, and praised the book as "a powerful work of reporting and punditry."{{Cite web |last=Spurlock |first=Morgan |date=May 19, 2005 |title=Don't Eat This Book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/morgan-spurlock/dont-eat-this-book/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}
See Also
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Category:2005 non-fiction books
Category:American non-fiction books
Category:Books about food and drink
Category:Popular culture books
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