Global Junk Food: How the West is Poisoning the Developed World | ENDEVR Documentary 

Imagine someone candidly filming you on the beach and you think ur gonna be in a cute video or something and instead you find yourself in a documentary about obesity 💀

used to eat fast food almost daily. Drawn in by toys, ads, whatever else. Been Obese my entire life, started cooking and preparing my own meals, excorcise, dieting, etc and have lost 65 pounds by now. not stopping till I'm completely healthy. : )

I rarely touch sugar, and when I do I can feel it in my body. Drink water and make your own food.

Corporate greed has no limits. It is revolting to even see this stuff. My 5-year old already knows that stuff sold in these places are close to poison. Thanks Endevr

McDonald’s was a treat or special occasion when I was a kid. Something to look forward too. Never a daily or even weekly thing

Funny how years ago, McDonald's used to be sort of an exclusive treat for us; nowadays, exclusive means organic, natural or biologically ethical.

This made me really grateful that I wasn’t allowed any junk food til I was 18 lol. Like we could eat some on special occasions but that was it and in very small proportions. My mother always cooked for us and I’ll always be forever grateful. Thanks to her I never struggled with my weight and still am a very healthy individual.

We can't stop fast food restaurants from opening in our neighborhoods but can educate and encourage our children to stay away from fast foods as much as possible and develop healthy eating habits. Everybody has to take an action in this including parents, teachers, government and most importantly media.

Growing up, fast food was a luxury. We only had it once in a while if my parents had extra money. At that time, I desperately wished we could eat fast food often , but now I am so thankful that we didn’t have eat it too much. Home cooked meals will keep you at a decent weight and you nourish your body with real food !

When I was little, my mum was VERY strict about eating junk food. I always got angry at her for not buying me Maccies (McDonald's), but now that I'm (somewhat) an adult, I'm VERY thankful my mum was the way she was.

I love that my parents made the effort to cook and to teach us how to cook. You save hundreds of dollars each and every meal and the quality is superb. Much better than anything offered in fast food restaurants. It's quite expensive when you consider the nutritional content and how long it actually fills you up, which isn't that much. Add on the costly medical bills due to poor health that come up later in life if all you eat is fast food, and it's actually really expensive

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how unbelievably darling those little Brazilian kids are? Let's hope they stay healthy and happy.

Coca-Cola never ceases to amaze me. That company has no morals whatsoever. It's truly incredible.

Somehow i feel lucky to live in indonesia. Fresh vegetables and fruits are cheap. Mineral water is also cheap. No frozen veggies needed. Fast food is quite expensive.

I stopped drinking soda 10 years ago - changed my life.

I'll forever thank my mother for choosing me to learn her cooking. She knew she was dying and she told me that I would have to learn to cook for the family. She taught me how to cook so many things from green chili to hand rolled noodles. I remember it all, I don't remember the exact amount of spices and whatnot but the actual labor of cooking for a big family, that I do remember and cook for myself, my roommate, and my girlfriend whenever they are all over at my house. I think it's funny when I cheat and cook Ramen noodles and add some vegetables, proteins(like eggs or steak sometimes SPAM), and spices and they think I've made a 5 star dish but really it's actually an extremely bastardized and lazy dish I'll make when I'm worn out after work. It's the weekends I'll make some real food. Like true homemade pizza, with myself making the sauce and dough all by myself. It's a labor of love.

Just because it's legal doesn't make it ethical, these companies have no shame.

I was shocked when the 15 year old was being sent for surgery for weight loss! Why are they pushing surgery instead of healthy eating and exercise?! That’s terrible!

That statement about, "From no food to bad food" is so true. And it's a shame coz you can't necessarily price fast food up. So ultimately it'll always be a cheap go to option for people who are poor or simultaneously across the demographics when you want a quick meal. Coz even for me before I started eating a lot healthier I found myself eating fast food a lot because of lifestyle, where I'd just be too busy to care about cooking coz I'd come home late from work and so it was easy to just grab fast food be it a cheap meal or a more expensive meal. But eventually I started eating a lot healthier and doing even meal preps to stop myself from getting into that habit of coming home late from work and just going for fast food rather than warming up a meal from prep. It's gonna be one of those things that I don't think we'll ever get under control necessarily coz even with the whole healthy choice movements some people aren't fortunate enough and have other things to worry about that may then lend to unhealthy eating habits. Hopefully though it eventually goes back into what it originally was of being like a special occasion sort of thing and not a "imma eat this every other day" kinda thing 🙏🏿❤️

3:16 McDonalds made a counter film to Supersize Me and pushed for U.S. schools to show it alongside the former. They also provided meals for calorie-counting exercises at fat camps in the U.S. Also in schools, the FDA approves whatever the lowest bidding name brand is, so brands compete to provide to schools with the cheapest ingredients for free advertising. Despicable

In my part of Africa,fast food of this class is way too costly to indulge in everyday, that leaves most of us with the only option of cheaper stuff, and that happens to be healthier and cleaner.

It is easy to eat healthy, but it’s much easier to eat unhealthy.

Excellent documentary. Thanks to all who took part to create the documentary. Very good and brave job.

Food companies don't give a damn about your health, only your money.

It’s a shame we have these global food companies but we cannot somehow figure out how to feed the world in the correct ways.

We never had fizzy drinks as kids and going to McDonald’s or Pizza Hut was a birthday treat. I guess that’s why we aren’t fat. I worry about kids today

I am Indian moved to USA. Initially when I came to usa, I used to have lot of fruit juices from naked brand, pizza, burgers..lot of outside food and I was in immense stress due to personal life family issues. This impacted my health at young age 25, my blood sugars sky rocketed. Its been 10 years now, my sugars are in control ranges from 79 to 120.. I gave up sugar, rice, all processed food, all outside food. I cook at home, healthy food..Now I don't even take medicines ...diabetes is reversible....I did Intermittent fasting..I fast daily for 16- 24 hrs..some time I take break....I do 48,56, 72 hrs fasts...and I eat low carb high healthy fat moderate protein food...I am healthy and I feel great.....no stress please

An eye opener. The kind of videos I want. Thank you!

It’s a sad cycle. Companies are slowly killing their customers while recruiting new, younger ones at the same time.

They are riding on peoples ignorance . Information truly is power.

I could still remember those days when Mc Donald's and KFC first came to South India. OMG we used be after our parents to take us there.. it was so much addictive. I knew friends who had it literally every day.

Education should be Brazil and other countries in a similar situation first and only priority at this stage. It's the only way to combat an issue like this. Even as a kid here in the states I knew junk food wasn't healthy, despite it being advertised as simply meat, cheese and bread. That was due to education though and my parents knowing such. I wish Brazil the best with this problem. It's going to be an uphill battle, especially with how addicting fast food and junk foods are.

It is not only the food that they're selling to you,they will sell medicines after that to you.

Growing up my parents didn’t let me drink soda or anything like that and raised me with drinking mainly water…. Seeing how much people are addicted to soda shocks me

the idea of feeding soda to a baby is so horribly disturbing to me ):

Great video. Heartbreaking. Thankfully there are people that are working on solving the problem. When I was a child in Perth, Australia Coca came to Perth with Coca Cola's yo-yo. That became my favorite toy and I carried it with me everywhere. I drank only Coke during my entire childhood. Fortunately I got plenty of exercise since we had no TV at the time. For lunch we all ate fish and chips or a meat pie. At thirteen I came to Chicago. It took me years to get used to American food. I ate mostly Czech food which is also unhealthy. but at least it was not junk food. Eva

Bit strange having a Ronald McDonald talking to school kids about environmental issues.

We have a saying in Bulgaria, I'm not sure I'm translating it accurately and it says - Don't eat anything your grandmother wouldn't eat. And indeed, junk food doesn't even look like food to my grandparents, as if they still have some important instinct for self-preservation that we, the super-consumer society, have lost a long time ago. Thank you for the video!

I live in the rural area of Brazil, and I'm glad there's only one fast food restaurant in my city (and its a subway)

I grew up in a poor family, so eating fast food or drinking any fizzy drink was only a dream. Now as an adult, I'm still fine without it. Healthy balance diet and regular exercise is the key.

Two eggs, one bacon and a Coca cola, plz

I've been saying it for years "eat American food, get American fat."

Well done to the chef for standing up for his people and these companies dont like giving answers doesnt that tell us something

I'm Brazilian, and I didn't gain weight as a child because I came from a poor family and we had the basics, but since 2010 I've noticed an exorbitant increase in obesity in the younger population.

Junk food fills a vacancy. Always remember that. If your fresh food is expensive; if your people are overworked to the point that they cannot cook when they get home; if you do not make fresh food readily available, then you create an opportunity for fast foods.

Went without refined sugar for 2 months.. life changing .

kinda wild that fast food's cleanliness is what draws customers in india

This doesn't even touch on the incredible contribution these companies have to global warming. In large part by increasing animal agriculture, slaughter, and consumption around the world. I boycott them all.

We should treat these soda companies like tobacco companies. There should be anti-soda campaigns everywhere, paid for by the soda companies.

i was “addicted” to McDonald’s for a long time, it started to make me feel weird, like no matter what other foods i ate i still felt hungry, the only thing that filled me up was McDonald’s. luckily i pushed through and broke that “addiction”

I'm impressed by how many languages Ronald McDonald can speak

What good journalism! 👏 so sad to see company's from my great country hurting the world sending love from the u.s

I'm from the Bahamas and I can tell you we have a serious obesity problem here relating to fast food. The most popular fast foods here is Wendy's, KFC and Pizza

I’m 45 and growing up my mom didn’t even let us drink juice because of sugar. Thank goodness she made us eat better than most. I love veggies, fruits, beans and brown rice and quinoa. I don’t even crave that junk! Education is this key!!

Hardwired and Branded are 2 movies that comes to mind while watching this doc.

I grew up in the Bay Area, CA, and I can count the amount of times I've had fast food on one hand. It's amazing how much culture, education, and economic status affect the rates of fast food consumption and resultant obesity among populations. When I travel to certain low-income towns/neighborhoods the amount of fast food joints I see doubles.

"People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food." Wendell Berry

I feel so lucky having been fed by my parents fresh fruits and vegetables and mostly home-cooked meals. Junk food was occasional treats when cousins were around. If majority of the population are like me, these fast food stores are out of business now ☺️

I growed up with my grandma always buying fruits and vegetables, and she chopping them for me so I had to eat them always after lunch, thanks for everything Margarita

Thank you for this informative video

"he takes it right out of the fridge and it fits around his little hand". Absolutely terrified me. (5:55)

I kept wondering why my grandkids always want something to eat when they are on their iPad? Now I know. They are bombarded with junk food ads. They are already addicted to the internet and junk food. Like other young parents, my daughter is too busy to notice that the internet and food manufacturers are literally killing their children day by day.

I don't think this is limited to "poor" countries. We have a world wide obesity problem.

Thanks for doing this. This has broaden my views about food and how we must stop junk food companies from earning a profit and making us unhealthy. It is time they lose their earnings from us and take hold of our health.

Since I stopped eating Fast Food, and began fasting and doing sports, I lost about 10 Kg.

That young boy did not need a surgical procedure! He needed parents with a backbone and some discipline......

Dear Scott Holliday, I'm so sorry to hear you passed away this year, and I remember you used to love Acronym clothes and went all the way to Hongcheon to teach English at a school... you passed away from a broken heart... Rest in Peace Scott Holliday... RIP

Fast food and eating out was something special in my family. Can’t believe people do it every day.

In 1999 when I was in 4th grade at a small private school in Norton Massachusetts, they had us do a blind taste test of Coca~Cola and Pepsi. Whichever one we preferred, that’s who we wrote a letter to complimenting them on their product. I remember that myself and the other kids who wrote Pepsi received no reply where as the ones that wrote Coca~Cola received letters thanking them, coupons, t-shirts and other marketing merchandise. All of the kids including myself got the impression that Coca~Cola “cared” for their customers and appreciated them unlike Pepsi… scary to think of how much influence these companies have at such an early stage.

I love my mom for always pushing her children to eat healthy here in Australia

Wow great work on the audio at 31:52!

Man that former domino's chef has a heart of gold.

This is my third comment and the more I watch this the more I realize how far the rabbit hole goes. Corruption, corporations, greed, and government.

I lived in Brasil and the volume of coke that they drink was obscene! Being Irish and growing up with soft drinks was one thing but the Coca Cola company are deliberately and aggressively pursuing a policy of domination in South America which will see diabetes and obesity reach US proportions in a decade.

Keep those agricultural subsidies coming❗ Mono-culture forever 👍. Cheap high-fructose corn syrup⁉ yes please 👍

This was a good and worrying documentary. For me though I really think parenting is key. For example in the 90s/early 00s I remember Nabisco having a games website and it was very fun. But the amount of junk food in my house didn't suddenly multiply after I started playing those games. Also regulating the amount of time kids spend on games is another think parents should do. Junk food and games are fine in moderation. The moderation comes from the parents as they instill healthy mental and physical habits for their kids. This shouldn't be that hard.

"No!" is the strongest ally a parent has.

Most of the parents are needed to undergo the complete awakening and proper diet education....

Great documentary!

This is a nice documentary!

I moved overseas to a developing country and lost a ton of weight, mostly due to change of diet. Sadly, many of the children in the country are eating nothing but junk, and I've noticed locals are packing on more pounds as more western chains and fast food restaurants are popping up everywhere.

India has some of the best dishes in the world i wonder why they would even care for american junk food that is inferior to their own

I always cooked at home (lots of veggies), and we had water, coffee, or tea to drink. I rarely bought junk and we couldn't afford to eat out. My younger daughter loves to cook and enjoys experimenting. She eats very healthfully. However, my older daughter cooks maybe three times a year and lives on fast food and soda. I worry about her, but she gets really angry if I bring it up. Both grandmothers were diabetic as is their dad. It doesn't bode well. My daughters are both in their late thirties.

Fat and calories on the problem with obesity. It's solely sugar and carbohydrates. If you eliminate those two from the equation you can eat as much fat and as many calories as you want and you won't gain weight, in fact you'll lose

I just found out I am diabetic today. I have to loose weight by July to avoid pills, sickness and death. My country is poisoning the world.

They go after the uneducated and impressionable. Vultures period.

I recently stop drinking sodas , even tho I work at a fast food restaurant. I grew up in a village and we didn’t have that much so drinking coke was only in my church events or birthdays, now that I have access to all those things it’s just useless now to me , sometimes I think it’s a blessing I lived in the go

Coke plays a huge role in Mexican culture so I grew up with cartons of it in the house. We never ran out, however my mom would always make home cooked meals for us growing up, McDonalds was a once in a blue moon treat. 😞😞😞

The Brazilian CocaCola campaign is clever: build a strong emotional memory connection by linking to the competition…a virtually permanent physiological association formed between the product and memory.

Sugar industry=tobacco industry Profit and greed driven business.

i'm French and it's fascinating as well as horrifying seeing the difference in nutritional values of the exact same products

Globalization has been happening for years right under people’s nose. When I was in India I was disturbed to see so many Western Fast Food franchises. India is a beautiful country. With some of the best food in the World. I hope they all go under someday. Don’t be like the West. Be India! Jai hind

I was shocked when i realized many don't understand how bad soda is for you. My father in law here in the USA even doesn't drink water only drinks soda and he said its fine because it's a "thirst quencher" (says that phrase on the bottle) i couldn't believe it.

Hi neighbor ! I am a Filipino, WESTERN JUNKS have been with us since the 80's and it BROUGHT us nothing but DISEASES !!! Heart disease, diabetes, blood disease (hbp), organ failure related diseases. Believe me you are better off with your local snacks and street foods. Pani puri is so much better than french fries!

As an Indian I know how these western fast food made a big hit there. They never entered india as a cheap brand. They entered as something which only the “elite” can afford, hence making it a temptation and attracting the middle and low income groups to see that as a treat to take once in a while. I still remember the Dominos pizza costed exactly the same we pay in Italy ( am settled in italy and married to an italian) Done this, they reduced the price after making their brand name famous. It’s like Armani selling his designer wear worth 400€ for 20€..!! People in India felt they were eating luxury food, clean and healthy, meant only for the rich and elite. Not forgetting that Indians still have the British Raj syndrome where anything western is seen as totally trustworthy. India has the best traditional foods and traditional food in india is cheapest compared to the rest of the world. A whole thali, which is a dish with rice, bread and numerous veggies you can eat for as less as 50 Rupees ( almost 50 cents) in certain restaurants. Not mentioning the even cheaper street food, most not so hygienic but still a lot healthier than the chemical filled burgers and pizzas. We need to bring awareness to Indians through social media and I hope government starts taking this as something serious and starts implementing new food quality regulations, like we have here in Europe. However, I don’t think this trend will last long, since we Indians love our traditional food and am sure they trend will take a U turn soon. Keeping fingers crossed..

I'm Swedish, which is often classified as Western, even though there are several things that don't match how people from the West are and how Nordic countries are. One thing I am very grateful for is that in Sweden, what we call, American food is still a indulgence. It's not something you eat often, maybe once a month and even that's a bit much. We cook most of all the food we eat which, I think, is one of the main reasons why Sweden ranks 96th out of 190 countries when it comes to obesity. That said, I see more and more of it coming here and I hope that the trends can turn.

38:10 the Boy litterally telling his mother That his Game psychologically triggers him to want to eat fast food of a specific brand... and she just scoffs as if she was saying „what do you know? You are the Child, I am the parent, and I approved this game, and I am right!“... adults are so ignorant when they made up their minds, it is mind boggeling

Thank God I suffered from diabetes and later changed. I learnt how to eat healthy. I cut out sugar and use unrefined sea salt . I feel healthy this days. My child used to cough every night, but since I cut off ALL sugar sweet stuff, the problem ceased. She only goes to school with a bottle of water. She is now emotionally and psychologically stable. For heaven's sake leave junk food and eat healthy stuff which is cheap in the long run.

Unbelievable,I see people in the Caribbean and we see unbelievable record number of people coming down with disease in Young people that never affect young people like that 30 years ago.

i havent eaten junk food for two and half years and it was the best decision of my life.