Slushies not to be given to young children report says...

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I had no idea of the dangers of giving young children slushies. My kids are grown up but thought it important to share this news on BBC..

Children should avoid drinking slushies, say researchers www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0l196l2k8ko

That's pretty awful. They look toxic and I assumed they were filled with shite so my kids never had them but hadn't realised this. They are totally made to appeal to children.

There's posters about this at our local a&e

Yeah i'm not entirely sure who would give them to a kid anyway to be honest, even without that report.

Bit late by the time you are in A&E!

They should have warnings and info at the point of sale.

Personally I can’t imagine anyone letting a small child drink something fluorescent that is obviously full of sugar and shite but it’s individual choice and there shouldn’t be stuff on general unrestricted sale that is actually toxic to part of the target market in the sold quantity.

Well some people obviously do. How many people allow their children to drink things like coke, and coke zero, without a second thought? This is no different imo. It is all rubbish, and harms the body, and teeth.

I agree, but it doesn’t mean it serves them right, if they buy something legally sold to kids and they end up in hospital.

I wonder how this stuff got the necessary licence to be sold for human consumption, given this report.

It's terrible - at my local softplay they have a whole wall full of them! There was a news story about the dangers of slushies about a year ago for kids under 8 but I can't believe anyone buys them!!! They're quite a 90s thing in my mind 😂

I have never allowed them. Full of crap.

I didn’t realise this and my son was extremely unwell after having one recently. It was terrifying he was shaking , confused, almost delirious.

I have never allowed them but know my DC have had them after being bought them by friends. Hopefully never again.

Anyone who gives them to kids probably won't take any notice of public health campaigns.

People questioning why this was able to be out there for human consumption in the first place, should be asking that about a lot of consumables that are available to the general public.

Agreed.

It says they should be avoided, as should fizzy drinks, energy drinks etc, but plenty of children still drink them.

I disagree with this! Mine doesn't like fruit flavoured drinks but I wouldn't have minded if he'd had one once he was over school age in special circumstances - like on holiday. Plenty of kids have ice lollies and what's the difference? Well now we know there's a difference obviously, but i wouldn't have thought one was really that much worse than the other before.

I always allowed the kids a Tango Ice blast at the cinema as a treat. It was a treat, as much because of the cost.
It surprises me how no one on MN ever allows their children anything slightly unwholesome, but someone is buying these things.
That said, I had absolutely no idea that slushies weren't at all suitable for children, if it's on sale then it should be safe.

Our local.laser tag place has been a VERY popular birthday party venue for my DS8's class over the last two years. Kids all get a slushie after the games as part.of the package. I had no idea about this! Lots of parents wouldn't actively buy this crap for their kids normally but happily let them.have them at a party venue.

The bright, luminous colours alone should indicate, if anything, that they will be loaded with sugar, and goodness knows what else.

The reason I won't touch them is I've worked in a retail outlet that had one, and they are never cleaned and sterilised with anywhere close to the frequency and regularity they are supposed to be.

I think it's as likely your son was poisoned by bacteria as it is he had a reaction to any of the ingredients.

Bloody hell, I didn't know this.

My children (who are now Uni age) were always allowed them as a treat, as they're kind of thing that was sold at places we only went to once in a while as a treat, so normal rules didn't apply. I thought of them as a frozen, lurid coloured squash, that would do no harm as a one off. I doubt mine were under 8 when having them though? Probably more at the 8-12 age.

This.

The cafe opposite DC's school sells all sorts of treats (including slush) MIL very kindly picks the kids up sometimes on a Friday and offen gets them ice cream/slush. But we noticed that dd2 (5 y/o) will often be unwell on a Friday evening after MIL picks them up. DH put it down to the crap she gives them (she'll often let them have ice cream/sweets/crisps when she picks up). But we've now realised it's just the slush. She gets a high temp, vomits once or twice but is then completely off her food for a few days and struggles to keep water down. It's awful. So we now have to make sure wherever we go (parties or if she goes out with family) we make it clear she's not to have slush!

I had no idea they were as harmful as they are. Last year I was at an all inclusive with my two DC who were 2 (nearly 3) and 5. It was hot and I was letting them drink juice etc and having the ice blasts. I actually saw on insta how harmful they were mid holiday and stopped at the point but prior to that was thinking it’s hot and we’re on holiday so any liquid is good to take on. My DC had mild diarrhoea one day and me and DH think it was probably the ice blasts.

Oddly it's the fact they have removed a lot of the sugar and replaced it with sweetener that has caused the issue.

Apparently up to around age 8 you need to be careful and it's based on body size

This ^
i wouldn’t say that bright colour directly indicates high sugar but it definitely indicates artificial thing for me.