The documentary opens with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona giving a speech:
"I was at a press conference after 9/11 and everyone was talking about WMD and terrorists and chemical warfare. One reporter asked me, 'What is the most pressing thing threatening the country today?' and I said, 'Obesity.' Because obesity is the terror within."
"And if we don't do something about it, it will dwarf 9/11 or any other terrorist event you can point out to me."
2 years ago, I was approached by a doctor who had spent 10 years studying obesity. He had seen my first documentary film and decided that he'd ask me to make one on the obesity epidemic. I said, "Uh, didn't Super Size Me basically cover everything?" He said, "There's a lot more. A lot. Plus, nothing's changed since Spurlock's film came out. It's gotten worse." So, I spent the next 6 months reading books, research, and conducting interviews.
My mind was blown.
So I started production on a documentary called "Killer at Large".