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Should the KFC Double Down be banned from sale?

Recently a new burger has gone on sale at fast food giants KFC this “Double Down”  is a bunless burger consisting of bacon cheese the colonels secret sauce encased between 2 deep fried chicken breasts. This bunless burger “simply only has enough room for the good stuff” acording to the KFCs CEO David Hilston. However nutrisinists have complained about the arival of this 540 calorie whopper. This will take a average person 80 minutes of walking to burn off and when a fully grown adult mans recommended daily calorie intake is 2200 calories it is a very large intake of calories for one meal. However people began queing up outside KFC in Dunedin in sleeping bags the day before to be one of the first in New Zealand to try one as soon as the doors opened in the morning. So do these nutrisinists need to ban the new Double Down burger from New Zealand altogether when the United States already has a bigger more fatty and calorie filled version of this much anticipated New Zealand fast food treat?

Peoples online comments mainly condem this new burger saying that it shoudnt be allowed to hit the shelves but with over 2000 face book fans it has a strong crowd following. However nutrisinists are disgusted by the amount of people wanting to get their hands on this new burger David Hilston the CEO of KFC says ‘It will not be everyones cup of tea but it is an occasinal meal’.

This new burger has been televised as a ‘bad boy’ image which some consumers say make the burger more attractive and appealing. This burger has been presented as a incredibly high fat and calorie filled burger when it really dosent have any more than a normal Burger King ‘Whopper’ but nutrisinists say that its not just the burger that’s unhealthy its also the fries and fizzy drink that people will order with it,but arent most people going to order fries and a drink with their burgers or does this mean they(nutrisinists) want to ban drink and chips but isnt one of New Zealands natinal dishes fish and chips?

So as a country are we not trusted to control ourselves around a fast food where there are bunless burgers to be brought? And if they ban this burger what will be next? There is a not so old expression “give a inch take a mile” next to go would be our fries and fizzy drinks which would just about close our fast food shops and corner store dairies which make up a large part of our economy,imagine a world without Fish and Chips,Hokey Pokey ice cream,Jimmys pies and L and P. but lets face it most of New Zealands most iconic foods are bad for us(which is probaly why we are in the top 10 most obese countries in the world)But do we have to ban these foods or work together with nutrisinists to make them healthier?