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Fast-food industry is fattening up its fare & America is eating it up
Sun Sentinel (FL) ^ | 9/21/06 | Kate Santich

Posted on 09/21/2006 12:32:57 PM PDT by Millee

Surely every American old enough to place his own Happy Meal order knows there's an obesity epidemic in this country. Despite this -- and despite piles of research on the evils of diets high in saturated fat and sodium and low in fiber -- American fast-food chains continue to roll out bigger, fatter, more decadent fare.

Consider this summer's debut of Burger King's BK Stackers, which include a Quad Stacker option of four slabs of beef, four slices of cheese and up to eight slices of bacon -- "smothered," as the company puts it, in a creamy sauce.

"This burger might better be called the quadruple-bypass special," says Jeff Novick, director of nutrition for the Pritikin Longevity Center. "Fast food like this is great if you're in a hurry -- to die."

The behemoth sandwich -- defibrillator sold separately -- contains 1,000 calories and a whopping 68 grams of fat, including 30 grams of saturated fat. According to nutritionists, that's about half the calories and 1-1/2 times the saturated fat the average adult should consume in an entire day.

For its part, Burger King says it is simply giving the public what it wants.

"We're satisfying the serious meat lovers by leaving off the produce and letting them decide exactly how much meat and cheese they can handle," says Denny Marie Post, the corporation's senior vice president.

And in case the kids fail to notice the sandwich, Burger King also sells collectible figurines of the cartoonish characters featured in the BK Stackers' TV ads.

But Burger King isn't alone in fattening up its fare.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: burgerking; fastfood; foodpolice; haveityourway; illhaveacoronarytogo
Good grief. BK better make anyone buying this sign a liability waiver.
1 posted on 09/21/2006 12:32:58 PM PDT by Millee
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To: baker_girl

This one's got your name written all over it! ;o)


2 posted on 09/21/2006 12:35:19 PM PDT by Millee (A joke then, a joke N.O.W.)
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To: Millee

And the war on taking responsibility for one's own actions continues.


3 posted on 09/21/2006 12:35:56 PM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Millee

4 posted on 09/21/2006 12:41:45 PM PDT by standingfirm
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To: Millee

Mmmmmmm....monster double Thickburger......yummmmmmm.


5 posted on 09/21/2006 12:43:10 PM PDT by RabidBartender (an ex-fan of the Dixie Chicks)
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To: Millee

ROFLMA!!!

That's so wrong Millee.:o)


6 posted on 09/21/2006 12:48:05 PM PDT by baker_girl
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To: Millee

I can't remember the last time I had fast food.


7 posted on 09/21/2006 12:51:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: cripplecreek

Me, neither! Unless it was a salad!


8 posted on 09/21/2006 12:53:55 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Millee

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help...you order lunch".


9 posted on 09/21/2006 12:55:03 PM PDT by DungeonMaster
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To: Millee

It's a very healthy choice compared to smoking or meth.


10 posted on 09/21/2006 12:55:47 PM PDT by DungeonMaster
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To: Froufrou

I went to Fazoli's one time and that was enough to learn that Italian is not meant to be fast food.


11 posted on 09/21/2006 12:56:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: standingfirm

There is a strange optical illusion at work here that makes the one in pink seem hot.


12 posted on 09/21/2006 12:57:11 PM PDT by DungeonMaster
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To: cripplecreek

Neither are burgers, if you ask me! I like the real deal, with lightly buttered inner buns grilled to slight crispness. And I don't want the burger raw like Chili's.


13 posted on 09/21/2006 12:58:55 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Millee

It's not my fault. I just want the cool toy.


14 posted on 09/21/2006 1:00:32 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (This tag line will be commercial free for the remainder of this thread.)
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To: DungeonMaster

LOL!!


15 posted on 09/21/2006 1:02:53 PM PDT by Millee (A joke then, a joke N.O.W.)
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To: Millee
Consider this summer's debut of Burger King's BK Stackers, which include a Quad Stacker option of four slabs of beef, four slices of cheese and up to eight slices of bacon -- "smothered," as the company puts it, in a creamy sauce.


16 posted on 09/21/2006 1:04:46 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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