The Academy Award nominated film Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock. This film follows him throughout the period of a month, during which he only ate McDonald's food, thereby showing the lifestyle's effect on Spurlock's well-being and the fast food industry's corporate influence on the public. The reason behind this documentary was the increasing percentage of obesity throughout the United States society as well as the then current lawsuit against McDonald's on behalf of two overweight girls. After the airing of this film, McDonald's discontinued the Super Size option six weeks after the movie's premiere, as well as began emphasis on healthier item menus.