The Bogan Burger

Featuring yesterday in the Courier Mail, this beast is called the ‘Bogan Burger’. Targetted at "flannelette shirt, barrack for St Kilda" type customers, the $15.50 burger's (10 euros) big turkish bread roll is topped with a steak, a chicken schnitzel, a potato cake, bacon, egg, cheese, onion, pineapple and beetroot. It comes with a mountain of fat potato wedges, and salad.

Deakin University nutritionist Dr Tim Crowe estimates it would weigh in at 7000 kilojoules, which would single-handedly meet most people's daily kilojoule needs. He estimates it would also contain about 94g of fat.

Despite my high metabolism, and generally healthy appetite, I am not sure I could finish this. It reminds me of my Belgian pizza complete with chips and steak, which also get the better of me.

In a world where one in four teenagers has a daily fast-food fix, it seems there is no limit to the ways to over-indulge.

Shane