[Morgan Spurlock is the writer, director and star of Super Size Me]

Photo: Hardee's new Monster Thickburger.

The sandwich pictured above is the "Monster Thickburger" being introduced by the hamburger chain Hardee's. Its ingredients are:
  • Two 1/3-pound burgers
  • Four strips of bacon
  • Three slices of process cheese (a.k.a. "American cheese")
  • Buttered toasted sesame seed bun
All this makes for a sandwich that has 1420 calories and 107 grams of fat. For the typically recommended 2000-calorie diet, the maximum recommended total fat is 65 grams, and only 20 of those can be saturated fat.

On the other end of the scale, a Hardees spokesperson says that they will soon introduce a barbecue chicken sandwich that has only 300 calories and 4 grams of fat.