America fights back....

...in the war on obesity! American fast food firms seem to be dropping the healthy menus in favour of, well, unadulterated gluttony.

Options include:

• Burger King's Quad Stacker - 1,000 calories and a whopping 68 grams of fat - all meat - no salad ("You think I'm fat now pal? Just wait until I finish this!")
• Hardees's Monster Thick Burger - 1420 calories - 107 grams of fat
• Subway's 12-inch Double-Meat Classic Tuna Sub - 1,580 calories - 110 grams of fat
• Denny's Extreme Grand Slam Breakfast - 1,270 calories - 77 grams of fat
• Blimpie's (is it really called Blimpies?) BLT - 1,180 calories - 64 grams of fat

Nutritionist Jeff Novick as quoted in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

"This burger might better be called the quadruple-bypass special. Fast food like this is great if you're in a hurry -- to die."

I guess it's OK for McDonalds to drop the salads then.