[JAPAN] Gal “The Gluttony Queen” inspiring fast food and combini to increase their portions?

According to the latest Kuchikomi on Japan Today, Sone Natsuko (Gal Sone, member of idol trio Gyaruru) who has been called the Gluttony Queen for being a slim female celeb able to consume large amounts of food.

According to the article, “This past July on a Nihon TV network program, she emerged victorious, working her way through 100 pieces of sushi, 10 plates of spaghetti and 50 gyoza,” raves a variety program director. “Then in September she was on TBS, where she polished off 100 pieces of sushi, 10 portions of barbequed beef and 10 servings of curry.”

“In open defiance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s efforts to discourage the spread of disorders related to the so-called metabolic syndrome — a prime cause of which is overindulgence in unhealthy foods — a number of restaurant chains and retailers have been boosting their portions. McDonald’s Japan may have initiated the trend back in January with its 380 yen Mega Mac, whose 754-kilocalorie count was roughly three times that of a regular hamburger.”

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