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Spurlock's [[docudrama]] ''Super Size Me'' was released in the U.S. on May 7, 2004. He conceived the idea for the film when he was at his parents' house for Thanksgiving, and while watching TV saw a news story about a lawsuit brought against McDonald's by two teenage girls who blamed the fast food chain for their obesity.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/arts/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me.html |title=Morgan Spurlock, Documentarian known for Super Size Me, dies at 53 |work=The New York Times |date=2024-05-24 |accessdate=2024-05-24 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524171236/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/arts/morgan-spurlock-dead-super-size-me.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was produced for $65,000 and made $22 million in return.<ref name="Arkin" />
The film depicts an experiment he conducted in 2003, in which he says he ate three [[McDonald's]] meals
Over the course of filming he gained 25 pounds (11 kg), became quite puffy, and suffered [[liver]] dysfunction and depression by the end. Spurlock's supervising [[physician]]s noted the effects caused by his high-calorie diet—once even comparing it to a case of severe [[Binge drinking|binge alcoholism]]. Following Spurlock's December 2017 assertion that he hadn't been "sober for more than a week" in three decades, the claims of his liver dysfunction being caused by eating McDonald's food solely for 30 days have been called into question.<ref name="Arkin" /><ref name="Risen" /> Spurlock also did not release a diet log documenting his diet during filming of the documentary to the public.<ref name="Morfoot" />
After completing the project, it took Spurlock fourteen months to return to his normal weight of 185 pounds (84 kg). His then-girlfriend (now ex-wife), Alexandra Jamieson, took charge of his recovery with her "[[detox diet]]", which became the basis for her book, ''The Great American Detox Diet''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1405077719/|title=The Great American Detox Diet: The Proven 8-week Programme for Weight Loss, Good Health and Well Being - As Featured in the Hit Movie "Super Size Me": Amazon.co.uk: Alex Jamieson: 9781405077712: Books|date=3 June 2005|publisher=Rodale|isbn=9781405077712|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605061510/http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1405077719/|url-status=live}}</ref> This production was later nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] and Spurlock won the first [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay]]<ref>{{cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=February 15, 2005 |title=WGA serves up 1st doc kudo to 'Super' |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/wga-serves-up-1st-doc-kudo-to-super-1117918019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015649/https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/wga-serves-up-1st-doc-kudo-to-super-1117918019/ |archive-date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 18, 2019 |website=Variety}}</ref>. Spurlock wrote a book in 2005 as a follow-up to ''Super Size Me'' entitled ''Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-06-14 |title=Morgan Spurlock: Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food And The Supersizing Of America |url=https://www.avclub.com/morgan-spurlock-dont-eat-this-book-fast-food-and-the-1798200775 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525002618/https://www.avclub.com/morgan-spurlock-dont-eat-this-book-fast-food-and-the-1798200775 |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== ''30 Days'' ===
{{Main|30 Days (TV series)}}
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