Britain's obesity capitals revealed - did your town make the list?
Research by Now Patient, an NHS prescription service, has revealed where the largest proportion of people designated overweight or obese live.That is followed by nearby Merthyr Tyfdil, where 77% are either overweight or obese.
Thurrock, in Essex, makes third, with 76.8% of adults are in that category – which is also the highest in England. Across the UK, the fourth highest proportion was found in Stockton-on-Tees, with 76.8%, followed by East Ayrshire and the Orkney Island, Scotland's highest-ranked places, where the proportion is 75%.The rest are Tamworth, in Staffordshire, with 74.9%, Hartlepool with 74.6%, Knowsley, Merseyside, with 74%, Torfaen in Wales with 73.9%, and North East Derbyshire with 73.8%.
The areas with the lowest proportion of overweight or obese people was Islington, the affluent area of North London.It was joined at the foot of the list by other parts of the capital, including Westminster, with 45.3%, Richmond 45.5% and Kensington and Chelsea on 46.4%.
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