stegger
28-08-2008, 11:33 AM
A 'fat map' of the UK reveals the country's obesity hotspots.
The Shetlands, parts of Wales and Barnsley have the most overweight people, with 10-15% of the population being obese.
Here are the top twenty 'fattest' places in the UK:
1. Shetland 2. Torfaen 3. Blaenau Gwent 4. Neath 5. Caerphilly 6. Rhondda 7. Barnsley 8. Wrexham 9. North Lincolnshire 10. Merthyr Tydfil 11. Denbighshire 12. Doncaster 13. Carmarthenshire 14. Stoke-On-Trent 15. Wolverhampton City 16. Anglesey 17. Blackpool 18. Knowsley 19. Newport 20. Northumberland Care Trust
And here are the top twenty 'slimmest' places:
1. Camden 2. Richmond & Twickenham 3. Wandsworth 4. Kensington & Chelsea 5. Westminster 6. Hammersmith & Fulham 7. Brighton & Hove 8. Surrey 9. Kingston 10. Tower Hamlets 11.Lambeth 12. Bristol 13. Bath & North East Somerset 14. Lothian 15. Buckinghamshire 16. Barnet 17. Islington 18. West Hertfordshire 19. Bromley 20. West Sussex
The Shetlands, parts of Wales and Barnsley have the most overweight people, with 10-15% of the population being obese.
Here are the top twenty 'fattest' places in the UK:
1. Shetland 2. Torfaen 3. Blaenau Gwent 4. Neath 5. Caerphilly 6. Rhondda 7. Barnsley 8. Wrexham 9. North Lincolnshire 10. Merthyr Tydfil 11. Denbighshire 12. Doncaster 13. Carmarthenshire 14. Stoke-On-Trent 15. Wolverhampton City 16. Anglesey 17. Blackpool 18. Knowsley 19. Newport 20. Northumberland Care Trust
And here are the top twenty 'slimmest' places:
1. Camden 2. Richmond & Twickenham 3. Wandsworth 4. Kensington & Chelsea 5. Westminster 6. Hammersmith & Fulham 7. Brighton & Hove 8. Surrey 9. Kingston 10. Tower Hamlets 11.Lambeth 12. Bristol 13. Bath & North East Somerset 14. Lothian 15. Buckinghamshire 16. Barnet 17. Islington 18. West Hertfordshire 19. Bromley 20. West Sussex