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East Lancashire looms large on ‘fat map’
11:47am Thursday 28th August 2008
By Camilla Sutcliffe »
A NEW “fat map” of the UK published today shows that people in East Lancashire are getting heavier.
The map, created by Dr Foster Research, suggests the problem may be getting worse when compared with a similar map published two years ago.
The data, from GP practices across the UK, shows that more than one in 10 patients registered with GPs in some parts of the country are obese.
Hotspots include Barnsley where 10.8 per cent of patients registered with their GP are obese.
In the Blackburn With Darwen PCT area 7.8 per cent of people are categorised as obese while the figure for the East Lancs PCT area is worse with 8.1 per cent of people obese.
Alex Young, senior project manager at Dr Foster Research, said: “We need to wait a few more years before we can say definitely that things are getting worse but there does seem to be a growing problem.”
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