1420-Calorie Hamburger

Thanks, Hardees! You're helping make America's slide into immobilizing obesity and premature death even easier - and tastier!

(Hardee's) Monster Thickburger has 1,420 calories and 107 grams of fat. Overall, Hardee's offers five sandwiches with more than 1,000 calories.

"What's next — a pork chop on top?" CSPI senior nutritionist Jayne Hurley asked. "I'm always amazed — they can always go one step further than I can imagine."

As usual, Hardee's makes no apologies.

"We have salads on our menu, we have charbroiled chicken breast and a variety of low-carb options," Haley said. "But we don't see anything wrong with making the delicious, decadent burger available to people who want it.

(Via AP)

I'm sure little Sandhya in her barren hut in Bhopal would raise her arms and rejoice in the knowledge that our freedom affords us so many consumer choices. That is, if she had the strength to do so.