NYAM Film Night: “Super Size Me”

When:Monday, February 7, 2011
Time:5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Where:The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029
Cost:Free w. RSVP

On February 7, join the NYAM Sections on Clinical Nutrition and Social Work for a screening of the award-winning film Super Size Me followed by a 20 minute discussion.  This event is free.

Speaker(s):

Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD
Professor and Division Head for Behavioral and Nutritional Research
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sponsored by: NYAM Sections on Clinical Nutrition and Social Work

Synopsis:

Director and science project Morgan Spurlock sets his sights on the golden arches to make a statement about obesity.  He eats nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days and watches as his vital signs go south.  He uses this icon as a launching pad to make the statement that our fast food society, including school lunches, the corporations that have molded this culture and the politics involved have combined to make us the fattest nation in the world.