Ogged, I agree with you that it's bogus that he quit exercising, but not the rest. MickyD's wants to shed the image that it's unhealthy for you. Ttherefore, they should be able to prove they are providing healthy meals for their customers. If eating there for your three meals a day overdoes what your calorie intake should be, then that's an indictment against MickeyD's, not the customer. If their menu plainly has too many calories for the average person to be eating, that's simply further proof that no one should eat there. Further, he only supersized under pressure from McDonald's employees; he was following McDonald's recommended advice.
The article says he sampled everything on the menu, so, i suppose he was eating at least some of those fabulous McDonald's salads, and healthy all-white meat chicken nuggets.
The problem is how much he's eating. I'd be very curious about how he'd fare if he were eating to satiety and still exercising; but not only did he stop exercising, it sounds like he's gorging himself.
I suppose it is a question open to interpretation, BUT If he is simply eating what McDonald's "recommends" as a meal, three times a day, i.e. he's simply getting their breakfast/regular value meals, then if he is consuming way too many calories, is that not an indictment of the way McDonald's is run?
The point being, if you go to McDonalds and eat what they offer as meals, then your health is in jeopardy. I understand that he could have eaten less, but that wouldn't have been eating what McDonad's presents to the customer as a meal. I don't think it follows that McDonald's is blamable for him getting fat, but there is a definite message, "don't take what McDonald's is trying to offer you, their menu is bad for your health." Although if you watch Mc's commercials, eating from that menu makes you smile, makes you happy, makes your family happy, makes you cool, and overall will improve your life. That's McDonald's message, and he's countering that.
Oooh, fast food in large quantities and no exercise will make you fat! How shocking.