)"[18] Geoffrey Berkshire in his review for Variety said "Stephanie Soechtig's documentary effectively gets the message out about America's addiction to unhealthy food.

"[19] Robert Cameron Fowler from Indiewire in his review said "'Fed Up' is a glossy package that gets its warnings across loud and clear: we need to change what we eat.

"[21] As Manohla Dargis succinctly summarizes in her review for The New York Times:[2] The documentary has been criticized by some doctors and scientists as occasionally misrepresentative of scientific evidence.

[22][better source needed] Harriet Hall, writing in Science-Based Medicine, stated the film's selection of experts consists mainly of politicians and journalists with few relevant nutritional scientists or doctors.

She also argues the definitive pronouncements the film makes about the role of sugar are premature as there are too many other possible confounders such as lifestyle, total calorie consumption and the type of foods being eaten.