Slurping a cup of fat

POPULAR slurpees and slushies are stacked with such “obscene” amounts of sugar that regular drinkers risk developing “toxic fat”.

Obesity experts warn some of the largest contain as much as 20.4 teaspoons of sugar – almost half an entire week’s recommended maximum in a single cup.

Analysis of several frozen drinks sold at 7-Eleven, Hungry Jack’s, McDonald’s and KFC concluded most were packed with well above a day’s advised added sugar limit.

In Melbourne, health campaigners LiveLighter and Rethink Sugary Drink are using graphic advertising portraying a cup of fat being sipped.

The ads warn the frozen drinks can cause “toxic fat around your vital organs’’.