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Anti-fast-food campaign sparks its own backlash

Following `Super Size Me,' it looked as if the fast-food giants were embracing healthy eating, with salads appearing on every menu. But that's all over. The big chains in the US are now pushing indulgent offerings: huge stacks of meat, oozing with grease -- and not a vegetable in sight

By Oliver Burkeman  /  THE GUARDIAN , NEW YORK

"Restore the balance," the on-screen slogan reads.

The man drives off, secure at last in his masculinity. Victoriously, he chomps on one of his carrots, but it seems hard to imagine that a carrot is going to be enough, now that he owns a Hummer. What he needs next, surely, is a BK Stacker Quad.

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