A UK charity has revealed which areas of the country have both the highest levels of obesity and fitness. Nuffield Health is the largest healthcare charity in the UK, have collected data from approximately 40,000 people who were hoping to improve their fitness. The official results show that London is home to the fittest and Bristol third.
The unfit hotspot is Glasgow, with around 40% of those who took the medical MOT being classed as either obese or morbidly obese. This Scottish city also has the highest amount of smokers, with 29% of the populus smoking and it was also 5th in the list of locations where their inhabitants get the least sleep.
The Medical Director for Well-being from Nuffield Health is Dr Sarah Dauncey, and she has said that obesity is an ever growing problem in the UK and must be tackled head on to help people live longer and healthier lives. She added that the first step to taking control of your health and well-being is to evaluate your health and fitness.
“Nuffield Health’s MOT considers various factors including sleep, smoking habits, blood pressure and cholesterol levels as well as Body Mass Index – these are all important in testing levels of wellbeing.”
The area of the capital taking the number one spot is Bloomsbury, while Wimbledon took second place and Bristol third – Around two thirds of those living in the South Western city have a BMI of between 18 and 25.
The fourth and fifth healthiest locations are also in London: Covent Garden and the City of London.
As for the obesity hotspots, 36 per cent of Glaswegian men and 31 per cent of Glaswegian women are classified obese; while nearly six per cent of women in the Scottish city are classified morbidly obese.
For men, Hull and Nuneaton take second and third plface, with 28 per cent and 27 per cent of those surveyed having a BMI of more than 30. And Worcester women are second in the list, with 27 per cent having a BMI of more than 30 – taking third place for women is Nuneaton (26 per cent with a BMI more than 30).
UK Average: ‘Mr and Mrs Newbury’
The town which represents the average UK fitness is Newbury, Berkshire, with an average BMI of a little more than 25.
Mr Newbury weighs: 14 stone 7 pounds and is 5ft 9ins
Mrs Newbury weighs: 12 stone 8 pounds and is 5ft 4ins
To access more information about Nuffield Health and our Health MOT please go to rewards.nuffieldhealth.com
‘State of the Nation’ Statistics Table
Top Five Fittest Locations (Percentage of those surveyed with BMI between 18 and 25)
- Bloomsbury (65%)
- Wimbledon (63%)
- Bristol (62.2%)
- Covent Garden (62.1%)
- City of London (61%)
Top Five Unfit Locations
(Percentage of those surveyed with BMI greater than 30 classified obese)
- Glasgow (34%)
- Nuneaton (27%)
- Oxford (26%) and Worcester (26%)
- Hull (25%)
- East Kilbride (24%)
(Percentage of those surveyed with a BMI greater than 40 classified morbidly obese)
- Glasgow (5.1%)
- Nuneaton (3.8%)
- Cannock (3.3%)
- Swindon (2.8%) Worcester (2.8%)
- Portsmouth (2.6%)
And for smoking the Top Five Locations are: (percentage of smokers)
- Glasgow (29%)
- Oxford (23%)
- Battersea (22%)
- Chester (20%)
- Covent Garden (19%)
And the Top Five Locations least likely to smoke are: (percentage of smokers)
- Leicester (8%)
- Letchworth (8.2%)
- Guiseley (8.3%)
- Farnham (9%)
- Harrogate (9.3%)
And the Top Five Locations getting the most sleep are: (all averaging between seven and seven and a half hours)
- Bristol
- Hertford
- Plymouth
- Nuneaton
- Doncaster
The Top Five Locations getting the least sleep are: (averaging around six and a half hours)
- Canary Wharf
- Crawley
- Cheam
- Twickenham
- Glasgow
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