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Warning sought for 4800-calorie US burger

Created 01/04/09
Josh Kowalczyk, a West Michigan Whitecaps intern poses for a photo. The $NZ35 burger will feature a sesame-seed bun made from a pound of dough, five 1/3-pound beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips. Photo by AP. [1]
Josh Kowalczyk, a West Michigan Whitecaps intern poses for a photo. The $NZ35 burger will feature a sesame-seed bun made from a pound of dough, five 1/3-pound beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips. Photo by AP.
The staff dietitian at a doctors' group says a minor-league baseball team in Grand Rapids, Michigan, should warn fans that a 4800-calorie burger it plans to sell is bad for them.

Susan Levin of the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine sent a letter to the West Michigan Whitecaps on Tuesday. She wants the enormous burger to be labelled a "dietary disaster" that increases the risk of cancer and heart disease.

The 1.8kg, $US20 ($NZ35) burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips - all on an 20cm bun.

Whitecaps spokesman Mickey Graham says the team hasn't considered labelling the burger, which he says is a gimmick being promoted as a very unhealthy menu item.

 

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