MONSTER-SIZED McDonald’s hamburgers stuffed with up to eight meat patties and nine slices of cheese have been slammed as “a heart attack waiting to happen”. Some of the fast-food chains sell super-sized Quarter Pounders, which contain about 220g of fat and 11,500kJ each, on request.
The “double pounder” is the equivalent of more than three days’ worth of fat for a grown man – or almost five Pizza Hut deep-pan Hawaiian pizzas or 45 Tim Tams.* At about $18, it is not listed on the menu, nor under nutritional information.
It has developed a cult following as a challenge for teenagers, after a video was posted online of a 17-year-old boy ploughing his way through the burger at a McDonald’s restaurant.
And here’s the video:
*Tim Tams are a chocolate biscuit made by Arnott’s Biscuits, Australia. A Tim Tam is composed of two layers of chocolate malted biscuit, separated by a light chocolate cream filling, and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate. And this burger is equivalent to 45 of these? Holy crap!
Everyone assumes that China has the most people…only when you look at the headcount.
However…
If one compares the body mass of 300 million Americas to the 1.3 billion Chinese, America wins! WooHoo! 😉
Cheers
34,
THAT I can dought… 10:1 is a BIG number..And I THINk the Last pop count for China was 3 billion…
#28…Fortuna Cooks….I don’t know about you, but after the FIRST time something tasted like dog food, I wouldn’t try it again. But, that assumes I KNOW what dog food tastes like. 🙂
#31, David,
Geeze, did they teach you Economic Systems in Grade 10 last year? Cripes, give it a rest and grow up.
#32, iHotAir(YOY)
A friend took me to this restaurant when we visited his home town. Same deal, eat this huge one pounder burg and another plate heaped with fries and it’s free. I almost did it. It was the bun that filled me up.
When I was late teens early 20s most buffets had signs outside telling me I wasn’t welcome. Who would have believed a skinny guy like me could have put away so much. Now that the AARP is sending me letters, I look at a buffet table and get full.
Somebody at Gizmodo thinks Bill Gates is involved with this bloatware.
#38 – tell me about it. I can barely make 1 plate at Thanksgiving now. Frustrating. In my twenties, I could do 3 plates full followed by half a pie and I stayed right at 130.
#31 – Hey #7….you talk as if no one has a FREAKING CHOICE as to what the hell they cram down their pie-holes on a daily basis.
No I don’t. Read my post carefully, and remember that unlike most Americans, I tend to use English as my language of choice.
I know there is a natural tendency among the mass of the population to reject any message that threatens their comfort, and food is one big comfort zone…
We all like to take pride in our unwavering individuality and free thinking. We make our own choices and are masters of our own destiny, or say we say. If only that were true.
In reality we consume massive quantities of food that we take for granted as being healthy because our corporate masters say it is. Despite our best efforts and intentions, we fall prey to deceptive marketing and unhealthy foods even as we try and eat healthy.
And whatever you do… don’t be poor… because now you really don’t have a choice. The poor are beset by the most unhealthy choices of all, often made entirely of starches or wholly unnatural foods.
Our food is not typically grown on farms anymore, it’s often manufactured in factories by chemical companies. But you just go on extolling the virtues of unfettered capitalism. After all, your health and the health of your children is in the good hands of the board of directors.
I’d understand if several people shared that one burger. But for one person! I’m fat and I don’t eat THAT much.
I want another two pounder!
#43
Your kids?
Holy crapzors!!!! I thought the double quarter pounder was nuts!
35 ECA
THAT I can doubt… 10:1 is a BIG number..And I THINk the Last pop count for China was 3 billion…
Uh well, China has actually 1.3 billion, India is a close second at 1.2b with Indonesia catching up with America for the number third spot at 250mil.
ECA, If you compare any Chinese elevator plate showing max number of persons & weight (posted over the buttons) to an American one you would get my meaning! LOL!
WARNING: Better keep a look out at the American Mid-West as America is at risk of folding in half with the east and west coasts clapping together! America collapses from within!
So if American fat food, uh farts food, uh FAST food chains are being bought out by parties in the Middle East they are up to no good! 😉
Cheers
35 ECA
THAT I can doubt… 10:1 is a BIG number..And I THINk the Last pop count for China was 3 billion…
Uh well, China has actually 1.3 billion, India is a close second at 1.2b with Indonesia catching up with America for the number third spot at 250mil.
ECA, If you compare any Chinese elevator plate showing max number of persons & weight (posted over the buttons) to an American one you would get my meaning! LOL!
WARNING: Better keep a look out at the American Mid-West as America is at risk of folding in half with the east and west coasts clapping together! America collapses from within!
So if American fat food, uh farts food, uh FAST food chains are being bought out by parties in the Middle East they are up to no good! 😉
Cheers
Gee – How did that post twice?
Sorry!
OK…
5:1…
Im a skinny 49kg 15 year old, and i managed to do a pounder two times (hoping to fatten myself, but wasnt successful =( ), but a double pounder is ridiculous… that gives u approx 432% of RDI of saturated fat according to Australian statistics. You cant even fit it in your mouth!
My wife is Chinese and when we lived in the States for 11 months she had to really watch her weight which never happened in China. She puts it down to what Americans eat.
I figure genetics also has something to do with it as well as Asians are predisposed to being thin and Non Asians are predisposed to being…big!
She coming from China her body is not used to the Western diet so for her she gains weight even though a lot of Chinese food is deep fried and most is high in fats and oils so one would think everyone in China should be a Tubby Two Tons – but they are not.
I am not Asian BUT I can gain weight on Chinese food but not as fast as with Western food though so WTF, wouldn’t what happens to my wife happen to me? : / Confused….
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The solution’s simply — gh0d, you people are so slow!
Avoid fatty foods, DRINK LOTS OF BEER!
Preferably Icehouse, if you like swill that tastes fairly mmmkay, and you want to get drunk NOW.
I feel skinner already not eating it =/
Looks similar in appearance and size to the famous Winnipeg Beach Whatsaburger
even if i tried to eat it i wouldnt be able to because its just so big an I cant eat all that fat. only a person who hasn’t eaten for days would only eat that.
I am 14 and i ate one of these!! Yes thats right a 14 year old eating 8 slices of meat, 9 slices of cheese and it was a meal!
Did i have a heart attack??
NOPE!!
a near 3000calorie sandwich….
Sounds like half a meal for Michael Phelps!!!!
For all the people complaining about American food and American eating habits, the kid (he was 17) in the video is an Australian.
Now thats what i call a mans burger.
Pizzas are good but burgers are the best ever.