WIRRAL, Wigan, and York have topped a list of England's fattest towns.
Figures showed the areas across the country with the highest and lowest rates of obesity-related hospital admissions per 100,000 people.
Wirral had the highest rate, with 3,804, followed by York with 3,321 and Wigan with 3,318.
In fourth place was Nottingham, which saw 3,205 admission per 100,00 people, while Stoke-on-Trent came fifth with 3,154.
Also appearing in the top ten were the Nottinghamshire region, Northamptonshire, Bradford, Southwark, and Slough.
Besides Southwark, high-scoring London boroughs included Lambeth, Hackney, and Ealing, all of which recorded rates of 2,200 or more.
The town with the fewest obesity-related admission was Wokingham, which saw only 413 cases per 100,000 people.
Second-best was West Berkshire with 466, while third was Reading with 588.
In fourth and fifth were Redcar and Cleveland and Oxfordshire, which had rates of 661 and 728 respectively.
The best-performing London borough were Richmond-upon-Thames and Camden, with rates of 730 and 765.
The average rate for England as a whole was 1,615.
The figures were published by NHS England, and included data gathered between April 1 2018 and March 31 2019.
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Figures show the areas England with the highest and lowest rates of obesity-related hospital admissions per 100,000 people.
ENGLAND 1,615
North East 1,206
Darlington 892
County Durham 1,230
Gateshead 979
Hartlepool 1,832
Middlesbrough 731
Newcastle upon Tyne 780
North Tyneside 1,343
Northumberland 1,381
Redcar and Cleveland 661
South Tyneside 1,023
Stockton-on-Tees 1,586
Sunderland 1,709
North West 1,842
Blackburn with Darwen 2,782
Blackpool 2,387
Bolton 907
Bury 1,278
Cheshire East 1,823
Cheshire West and Chester 1,669
Cumbria 1,299
Halton 1,764
Knowsley 1,510
Lancashire 1,831
Liverpool 1,389
Manchester 2,094
Oldham 1,327
Rochdale 1,429
Salford 2,853
Sefton 1,316
St. Helens 1,443
Stockport 2,560
Tameside 1,135
Trafford 1,905
Warrington 1,288
Wigan 3,318
Wirral 3,804
Yorkshire and the Humber 1,719
Barnsley 1,126
Calderdale 1,625
Bradford 2,936
Doncaster 1,731
East Riding of Yorkshire 1,683
Kingston upon Hull, City of 1,272
Kirklees 1,663
Leeds 859
North East Lincolnshire 1,401
North Lincolnshire 972
North Yorkshire 2,034
Rotherham 2,430
Sheffield 1,099
Wakefield 2,356
York 3,321
East Midlands 2,343
Derby 2,679
Derbyshire 2,375
Leicester 1,756
Leicestershire 1,861
Lincolnshire 1,567
Northamptonshire 2,959
Nottingham 3,205
Nottinghamshire 2,971
Rutland 1,167
West Midlands 2,121
Birmingham 1,514
Coventry 2,814
Dudley 2,210
Herefordshire, County of 1,305
Sandwell 1,465
Shropshire 1,808
Solihull 1,336
Staffordshire 2,595
Stoke-on-Trent 3,154
Telford and Wrekin 2,404
Walsall 2,291
Warwickshire 2,117
Wolverhampton 2,806
Worcestershire 2,308
East of England 1,361
Bedford 1,296
Cambridgeshire 1,224
Central Bedfordshire 1,547
Essex 1,010
Hertfordshire 1,543
Luton 2,264
Norfolk 1,522
Peterborough 1,105
Southend-on-Sea 827
Suffolk 1,732
Thurrock 891
London 1,418
City of London 919
Barking and Dagenham 1,680
Barnet 926
Bexley 1,407
Brent 2,161
Bromley 1,203
Camden 765
Croydon 1,048
Ealing 2,222
Enfield 1,073
Greenwich 1,331
Hackney 2,470
Hammersmith and Fulham 2,220
Haringey 1,085
Harrow 1,742
Havering 1,293
Hillingdon 1,320
Hounslow 1,269
Islington 1,245
Lambeth 2,606
Lewisham 1,544
Merton 963
Newham 1,771
Redbridge 1,181
Richmond upon Thames 730
Southwark 2,912
Sutton 913
Tower Hamlets 1,640
Waltham Forest 1,363
Wandsworth 1,116
Kensington and Chelsea 1,023
Kingston upon Thames 968
Westminster 1,437
South East 1,176
Bracknell Forest 793
Brighton and Hove 841
Buckinghamshire 1,206
East Sussex 1,180
Hampshire 1,106
Isle of Wight 1,729
Kent 1,315
Medway 1,819
Milton Keynes 1,503
Oxfordshire 728
Portsmouth 1,469
Reading 588
Windsor and Maidenhead 1,678
Slough 2,857
Southampton 2,506
Surrey 828
West Berkshire 466
West Sussex 1,347
Wokingham 413
South West 1,687
Bath and North East Somerset 1,258
Poole 1,529
Bournemouth 2,263
Bristol, City of 2,168
Cornwall 2,515
Devon 924
Dorset 1,175
Gloucestershire 2,175
Isles of Scilly 1,940
North Somerset 1,748
Plymouth 1,705
Somerset 1,537
South Gloucestershire 2,233
Swindon 1,334
Torbay 2,009
Wiltshire 1,483
A person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) – a measure of a person's weight given their height – of more than 30.
An estimated 26 percent of adults in England are obese, while around 63 percent are either obese or overweight, meaning they have a BMI of over 25.
The issue has received renewed attention since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with obesity one of a number of risk factors for people who catch the virus.
A Public Health England report in July found that people who are overweight are at least three times as likely to die from the virus then people of a regular weight.
They are also seven times as likely to require ventilation.
Health experts have also warned that coronavirus lockdowns, and the associated drop in the amount of exercises people are getting, is likely to have pushed up obesity rates.
Earlier this year, the government launched a new strategy to tackle obesity, which it called "one of the greatest long-term health challenges this country faces".
Planned measures include a ban on buy-one-get-one-free deals on foods high in salt, sugar, and fat, a law requiring calorie information on menus in restaurants, and a national campaign to encourage people to stay active and eat a healthy diet.
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