Owner John Basso of the heart Attack grill boasts that his hamburgers are to die for, literally as the spokesperson for the Heart Attack Grill, Blair River, 27 passed away from Pneumonia. Although Blair weighed in a whopping 575 pounds, he was not ashamed of being morbidly obese. With the menu playing host to four burgers named the bypass, double bypass, triple bypass, and quadruple bypass burger which is an 8,000 calorie burger, it is obvious that he does not hide the fact that he is proud of his establishment.
In this youtube video from CBS, we see that the owner Mr. Basso uses an unorthodox method of advertising stating that his "burgers are to die for" and posting signs throughout the restaurant "enter at your own risk". Clearly he is making money off of Americas insatiable appetite for gluttony, but with the openings of two other restaurants, one in Las Vegas and the other in Dallas it is easy too see that perhaps Americans are becoming more accepting of obesity in society as his establishments are doing just fine.
Therefore I find myself asking the same question constantly every time I turn on the television, and that is are we as Americans becoming more accepting of obesity in society as more and more Americans are becoming obese every year? Now I don't put any blame on Mr. Basso because he found an ingenious method of advertising his restaurant that is making him money. I believe that he is also aware of how accepting Americans are of the obesity epidemic. Obesity is a silent killer that will kill you directly but will lead to other complications that ultimately will kill you.
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