Super Size Me
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Oh, yes, I would.
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Do a lot of people
super-size it?

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Yes.
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Say you asked five people.
How many of those five do it?

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Actually,
I get mostly all of them.

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Mostly all of them?
So you're batting about 100%?

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I guess.
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See that?
She's that good.

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Deborah’s that good.
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First meal inside the restaurant
that I went in to get,

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and they asked me
to super-size it.

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We're gonna keep a little tabs,
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see how many times they ask me
to super-size it here in Texas,

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'cause Texas, out of the top 1
5 fattest cities in America,

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Texas has five.
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Here we are -- Houston, Texas,
fattest city in America,

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getting my first breakfast.
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Hi, can I help you, sir?
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When it comes
to the topic of obesity,

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many people are quick
to point the finger

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at various foods
and food companies,

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but the grocery manufacturers
of America,

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a Washington, D.C.-based
lobby group,

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whose mission
is to advance the interests

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of the food, beverage,
and consumer products industry,

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are quick
to shift the focus away

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from the companies
they represent

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and to remind everyone
that there's more at work here

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than just eating poorly.
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We believe
very strongly in our industry,

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and in other industries,
I think you'll find

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there's a growing consensus
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that the solution
lies in good education.

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We have to get good information
to parents

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so that they can
teach their children

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better exercise
and nutrition habits

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and so they can lead
the healthy lifestyles.

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We don't teach physical
education in schools anymore.

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In the U.S., only one state
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requires mandatory physical
education for grades k-12.

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It's also one of the fattest -- Illinois.
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You got a heart rate?
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Phil Lawler
is the phys ed teacher

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at Madison junior high school,
home of the soaring war hawks,

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the snack-ridden school lunches
we saw earlier,

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and one of the most
well-executed

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physical education programs
in the country.

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Supported mostly by fundraising
and parent involvement,


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