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Obesity hotspots revealed
Daily Express
|December 11, 2023
ENGLAND'S obesity crisis has been laid bare in research revealing the towns and cities with the fattest residents.
Top of the table is Hull, where 39.4% of people are classified as obese putting them at risk of heart disease, type two diabetes and cancer.
Barnsley, also in Yorkshire, is next at 38.3%, followed by South Tyneside (37.8%) and Medway, Kent (37.2%).
Finishing off the top 10 list of local authorities are North Lincolnshire (37.1%), Doncaster (36.4%), Halton in Cheshire (36%), North Tyneside (35.8%), Blackpool (35.6%) and Sunderland (35.4%).
The 10 places with the slimmest people are all in London.
This story is from the December 11, 2023 edition of Daily Express.
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