Friendly's - not so Friendly in my opinion

I am sitting having my morning coffee, watching the news. There was just a piece on the obesity crisis in America and how there need to be stricter guidelines to fight this crisis. Actually, as I write this they are doing another piece on the preservatives in our store bought food and how deadly it is for our bodies. Once again they are informing watchers how unhealthy high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated fats are for us. It is so difficult to buy anything here that does not have one of those two ingredients. Even ketchup and cranberry sauce in regular stores contain these ingredients. Information to me that is obvious, but when I read the ingredients in many things in the store, it is very scary what is being sold out there. Thank goodness I have Whole Foods to shop at.
The other day I was watching TV and actually sat and watched a series of commercials (generally I try and watch recorded shows so I don't have to waste even more time on these advertisements). On came a commercial for a local restaurant - Friendly's. I have never eaten there, but they are a burger joint kind of place - salads and other things too. Here is a picture of their newest burger they are advertising:



It's called the Ultimate Cheeseburger Melt, and ultimate it is. Yes, you are looking at the picture properly. There are TWO grilled cheese sandwiches, with a big hamburger stuck in the middle of it.
I had to look up the nutritional information for this baby.
Total Calories 1500
Fat Calories 870
Total Fat (g) 97
Saturated Fat (g) 38
Cholesterol (mg) 180
Sodium (mg) 2090
Total Carbohydrates(g) 101
Dietary Fiber (g) 9
Sugar (g) 4
Protein (g) 54

Considering I need between 1800 - 2000 calories a day - how can this EVER be a good choice? I mean, apart from the fact that it looks vile, and I find it an overwhelming amount of food! But, I can only assume that because it is on the menu that people are ordering it.
And then we wonder why there is an obesity crisis? Seriously?
Not that I can really afford to eat out anyway (but the cost of eating out is a discussion for another day), but this makes me never want to eat out again! I mean, not only is it obscenely high in calories, but it does not even look like it could be tasty.
Blech!

I am still really proud that my son has banned himself from school food. All it took was one time watching Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution and it changed the way he looked at food. Way to go Jacob (my "little" baby who will be turning 9 on Friday...)