FAST-food giant KFC has sparked outrage from health experts by offering Christmas gift cards worth up to $500 as the nation battles an obesity crisis.

KFC outlets have been promoting the cards, ranging in value from $10 to $500 and to be used within 12 months, as a “thoughtful gift idea for any occasion”.

A $500 card could purchase a fat banquet of 14 buckets of “Original Recipe” chicken pieces, containing 4.5kg of fat and 1.8kg of saturated fat; 63 maxi serves of “Popcorn Chicken” 2.8kg of fat and 1.25kg saturated fat or 78 “Original Works Burgers” 1.6kg fat, 592g saturated fat.

The “tasty new gift idea” has attracted outrage and disbelief from health experts in Queensland struggling to combat a growing obesity epidemic.

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