Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas says it is time to develop a national plan to cut the amounts of energy, fat, sugar and salt in fast food.

Mr Lucas says the fast food habit is having a devastating effect on the nation’s health.

“In 1980, 8 per cent of the Australian population was obese. Today it is 25 per cent and the real problem is we have got an epidemic of diabetes,” he said.

“If someone ends up on dialysis at the end of that, that is $80,000 a year to treat. This is an epidemic and it is one that we have to take action on.”

Queensland leads push for fast food crackdown – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)