More information can be found in the source publications which contain a wider range of data and analysis. Each section provides an overview of key findings, as well as providing links to relevant documents and sources. Some of the data have been published previously by NHS Digital.
Regional and national comparisons are also provided. Key facts cover the latest year of data available:. Prevalence was over twice as high in the most deprived areas than the least deprived areas. This tool is in Microsoft PowerBI which does not fully support all accessibility needs. If you need further assistance, please contact us for help. New figures on obesity-related hospital admissions have been published today by NHS Digital.
Skip to main content. Internet explorer is no longer supported We have detected that you are using Internet Explorer to visit this website. The UK has a weight problem - two thirds of adults are either overweight or obese - with one third of these obese, according to official heath surveys.
Figures in Scotland and England are quite similar, but Northern Ireland has a lower obesity rate. Obesity also tends to increase with age - a third of people in England over the age of 35 are obese.
And being overweight is the second biggest cause of cancer after smoking, according to Cancer Research UK. It causes more than 1 in 20 cancer cases, says the charity, and keeping a healthy weight could help prevent the disease. Public Health England says the "increasingly obesogenic environment we live in makes it harder for individuals to avoid unhealthy lifestyle choices".
All age ranges are consuming above the recommended proportion of daily calories from saturated fat and sugar. Bury saw the fewest prescriptions for Orlistat in Ever started typing something into Google and the search engine starts finishing your sentences for you? That "auto suggest" is based on what others before you have searched.
In other words, it can tell us a bit about the most common searches. Indeed, using kwfinder. This could be linked to the coronavirus crisis, as people have become more aware of the link between obesity and having severe effects of Covid.
This growing concern is also reflected in the number of people trying to work out if they are overweight or not. Search term. Number of UK monthly searches. Slimming World. Weight Watchers. Pinch of Nom. Incredibly, a third of all children leaving primary school are classed as being overweight, and one in five of these are living with obesity. Obesity and related problems are putting increasing pressure on the NHS, with record hospital admissions in the last year.
Obesity is directly linked to deprivation. Children growing up in the most deprived areas of the UK are more than twice as likely to be classed as overweight or obese than in the least deprived areas. This is also reflected in the number of hospital admissions. People living in the most deprived areas are over three times more likely to be admitted to hospital as a direct result of obesity than people in the least deprived areas.
Hospital admissions
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