Obesity map reveals extent of Britain's weight problem
- East Midlands Strategic Health Authority
- East Of England Strategic Health Authority
- London Strategic Health Authority
- North East Strategic Health Authority
- North West Strategic Health Authority
- South Central Strategic Health Authority
- South East Coast Strategic Health Authority
- South West Strategic Health Authority
- West Midlands Strategic Health Authority
- Yorkshire And The Humber Strategic Health Authority
- Scotland
- Wales
UK Department of Health figures for 2007-8 show that the NHS local administrative PCTs spent a total of £4.2bn on treating the health effects of overweight and obesity. The NHS's current budget for 2008-9 is just under £100bn.
Beyond the cost to our nation's health, obesity has a wider social and economic impact: absence from work due to sickness reduces productivity. The 2007 Foresight Report estimated that obesity already costs the wider economy in the region of £16bn, and that this will rise to £50bn per year by 2050, if nothing is done to combat the epidemic.
Dr Foster has compiled the prevalence rates of obesity from 2006-7 for the different regions of Britain. Find out how your local health region performs by selecting a Strategic Health Authority from the map on the right.
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester City PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Nottingham City PCT | 6.9% | 2 |
| Leicestershire County And Rutland PCT | 7.4% | 3 |
| Derby City PCT | 7.5% | 3 |
| Northamptonshire Teaching PCT | 7.7% | 3 |
| Derbyshire County PCT | 8.1% | 4 |
| Bassetlaw PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Lincolnshire Teaching PCT | 8.9% | 4 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| West Hertfordshire PCT | 6.1% | 1 |
| East And North Hertfordshire PCT | 6.4% | 1 |
| Mid Essex PCT | 6.6% | 1 |
| West Essex PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Suffolk PCT | 7.1% | 2 |
| South East Essex PCT | 7.1% | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire PCT | 7.2% | 2 |
| North East Essex PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Bedfordshire PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Luton PCT | 7.5% | 3 |
| South West Essex PCT | 7.9% | 3 |
| Norfolk PCT | 8.0% | 3 |
| Peterborough PCT | 8.2% | 4 |
| Great Yarmouth And Waveney PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Camden PCT | 3.9% | 1 |
| Richmond And Twickenham PCT | 4.1% | 1 |
| Kensington And Chelsea PCT | 4.7% | 1 |
| Wandsworth PCT | 4.7% | 1 |
| Westminster PCT | 4.8% | 1 |
| Hammersmith And Fulham PCT | 4.8% | 1 |
| Kingston PCT | 5.3% | 1 |
| Lambeth PCT | 5.6% | 1 |
| Tower Hamlets PCT | 5.6% | 1 |
| Barnet PCT | 5.9% | 1 |
| Islington PCT | 6.0% | 1 |
| Bromley PCT | 6.1% | 1 |
| Sutton And Merton PCT | 6.3% | 1 |
| Hounslow PCT | 6.4% | 1 |
| Ealing PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Hillingdon PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Lewisham PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Brent Teaching PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Croydon PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Harrow PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Southwark PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| Haringey Teaching PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| City And Hackney Teaching PCT | 7.1% | 2 |
| Redbridge PCT | 7.2% | 2 |
| Waltham Forest PCT | 7.2% | 2 |
| Newham PCT | 7.9% | 3 |
| Greenwich Teaching PCT | 7.9% | 3 |
| Enfield PCT | 8.1% | 4 |
| Havering PCT | 8.3% | 4 |
| Bexley Care Trust | 9.1% | 5 |
| Barking And Dagenham PCT | 9.3% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesbrough PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Newcastle PCT | 7.7% | 3 |
| North Tyneside PCT | 7.8% | 3 |
| Darlington PCT | 8.0% | 3 |
| Redcar And Cleveland PCT | 8.4% | 4 |
| Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Sunderland Teaching PCT | 8.9% | 4 |
| Gateshead PCT | 9.2% | 5 |
| Hartlepool PCT | 9.3% | 5 |
| County Durham PCT | 9.4% | 5 |
| South Tyneside PCT | 9.7% | 5 |
| Northumberland Care Trust | 9.9% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Trafford PCT | 6.4% | 1 |
| Central And Eastern Cheshire PCT | 6.6% | 1 |
| Manchester PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| Western Cheshire PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| Sefton PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Liverpool PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Oldham PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Stockport PCT | 7.4% | 3 |
| Warrington PCT | 7.5% | 3 |
| Bury PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| Central Lancashire PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| Heywood, Middleton And Rochdale PCT | 7.7% | 3 |
| Blackburn With Darwen PCT | 7.8% | 3 |
| Bolton PCT | 7.9% | 3 |
| Cumbria Teaching PCT | 7.9% | 3 |
| North Lancashire Teaching PCT | 8.0% | 3 |
| Ashton, Leigh And Wigan PCT | 8.0% | 3 |
| East Lancashire Teaching PCT | 8.1% | 4 |
| Tameside And Glossop PCT | 8.2% | 4 |
| Wirral PCT | 8.4% | 4 |
| Salford PCT | 8.6% | 4 |
| Halton And St Helens PCT | 9.7% | 5 |
| Knowsley PCT | 9.9% | 5 |
| Blackpool PCT | 9.9% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire PCT | 5.9% | 1 |
| Oxfordshire PCT | 6.3% | 1 |
| Berkshire East PCT | 6.5% | 1 |
| Berkshire West PCT | 6.6% | 1 |
| Hampshire PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Southampton City PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Portsmouth City Teaching PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| Milton Keynes PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| Isle Of Wight NHS PCT | 9.6% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Brighton And Hove City PCT | 5.0% | 1 |
| Surrey PCT | 5.3% | 1 |
| West Sussex PCT | 6.2% | 1 |
| East Sussex Downs And Weald PCT | 6.6% | 1 |
| West Kent PCT | 7.2% | 2 |
| Eastern And Coastal Kent PCT | 8.3% | 4 |
| Hastings And Rother PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Medway PCT | 9.4% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol PCT | 5.6% | 1 |
| Bath And North East Somerset PCT | 5.7% | 1 |
| South Gloucestershire PCT | 6.4% | 1 |
| North Somerset PCT | 6.4% | 1 |
| Dorset PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Wiltshire PCT | 6.9% | 2 |
| Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT | 6.9% | 2 |
| Somerset PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| Gloucestershire PCT | 7.0% | 2 |
| Devon PCT | 7.1% | 2 |
| Swindon PCT | 7.8% | 3 |
| Torbay Care Trust | 8.1% | 4 |
| Cornwall And Isles Of Scilly PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Plymouth Teaching PCT | 8.8% | 4 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Coventry Teaching PCT | 6.8% | 2 |
| Worcestershire PCT | 7.2% | 2 |
| Shropshire County PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Warwickshire PCT | 7.5% | 3 |
| Herefordshire PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| South Birmingham PCT | 7.8% | 3 |
| Solihull Care Trust | 7.8% | 3 |
| Telford And Wrekin PCT | 8.1% | 4 |
| North Staffordshire PCT | 8.4% | 4 |
| South Staffordshire PCT | 8.5% | 4 |
| Heart Of Birmingham Teaching PCT | 8.5% | 4 |
| Birmingham East And North PCT | 8.7% | 4 |
| Sandwell PCT | 8.9% | 4 |
| Walsall Teaching PCT | 9.3% | 5 |
| Dudley PCT | 9.5% | 5 |
| Stoke On Trent PCT | 10.0% | 5 |
| Wolverhampton City PCT | 10.0% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield PCT | 6.7% | 1 |
| Leeds PCT | 6.9% | 2 |
| Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| Calderdale PCT | 7.3% | 2 |
| North Yorkshire And York PCT | 7.5% | 3 |
| Kirklees PCT | 7.6% | 3 |
| Hull Teaching PCT | 7.7% | 3 |
| East Riding Of Yorkshire PCT | 8.1% | 4 |
| North East Lincolnshire PCT | 9.0% | 4 |
| Rotherham PCT | 9.2% | 5 |
| Wakefield District PCT | 9.3% | 5 |
| Doncaster PCT | 10.1% | 5 |
| North Lincolnshire PCT | 10.7% | 5 |
| Barnsley PCT | 10.8% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Lothian | 5.7% | 1 |
| Borders | 6.6% | 1 |
| Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 6.7% | 1 |
| Highland | 6.7% | 1 |
| Ayrshire & Arran | 6.7% | 1 |
| Forth Valley | 7.3% | 2 |
| Fife | 7.3% | 2 |
| Dumfries & Galloway | 7.6% | 3 |
| Grampian | 7.7% | 3 |
| Lanarkshire | 7.9% | 3 |
| Tayside | 8.1% | 4 |
| Western Isles | 9.4% | 5 |
| Orkney | 9.5% | 5 |
| Shetland | 15.5% | 5 |
| Name | Obesity Unadjusted Prevalence | Quintile |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff LHB | 7.4% | 3 |
| Swansea LHB | 8.0% | 3 |
| Ceredigion LHB | 8.2% | 4 |
| Monmouthshire LHB | 8.3% | 4 |
| Conwy LHB | 8.4% | 4 |
| Vale of Glamorgan LHB | 8.7% | 4 |
| Flintshire LHB | 8.7% | 4 |
| Gwynedd LHB | 9.0% | 4 |
| Bridgend LHB | 9.5% | 5 |
| Pembrokeshire LHB | 9.8% | 5 |
| Powys LHB | 9.8% | 5 |
| Newport LHB | 9.9% | 5 |
| Anglesey LHB | 9.9% | 5 |
| Carmarthenshire LHB | 10.0% | 5 |
| Denbighshire LHB | 10.1% | 5 |
| Merthyr Tydfil LHB | 10.6% | 5 |
| Wrexham LHB | 10.8% | 5 |
| Caerphilly LHB | 11.1% | 5 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taff LHB (Taff Ely & Rhondda) | 11.1% | 5 |
| Neath Port Talbot LHB | 11.9% | 5 |
| Blaenau Gwent LHB | 12.5% | 5 |
| Torfaen LHB | 13.9% | 5 |