Who are The Fattest Counties In Britain and Why
By Mark on Sep 4, 2008 in Featured
A recent study which involved obesity has been compiled which shows the United Kingdom’s most fattest counties, it has been nicknamed the fat map of the UK . The Shetland Islands, Wales and Barnsley are saying as being where the biggest part of the problem tends to lie places where it isn’t such a problem is mostly down south for example Brighton and London .
Where I live it doesn’t seem to be as bad in the East Midlands but the further west you go, and South the problem seems more prominent in those particular areas.
There are many concerns now because this is going to put a tremendous strain on our ever-growing overburdened health system if this carries on then obesity will cost us in the region of £50 billion a year by the year 2010, we could be looking at a figure of 12 million obese adults. Which is quite surprising when you think about it that is an awful lot of people that are going to have problems with their health in the long-term if they don’t do something about their weight problem.
So you can see where the problem actually lies red areas are where the problem is worse.
Here is where the most fattest people are.
1. Shetland
2. Torfaen
3. Blaenau Gwent
4. Neath
5. Caerphilly
6. Rhondda
7. Barnsley
8. Wrexham
9. North Lincolnshire
10. Merthyr Tydfil
11. Denbighshire
12. Doncaster
13. Carmarthenshire
14. Stoke-On-Trent
15. Wolverhampton City
16. Anglesey
17. Blackpool
18. Knowsley
19. Newport
20. Northumberland Care Trust
And this is where the most slimmest people are.
1. Camden
2. Richmond & Twickenham
3. Wandsworth
4. Kensington & Chelsea
5. Westminster
6. Hammersmith & Fulham
7. Brighton & Hove
8. Surrey 9. Kingston
10. Tower Hamlets
11.Lambeth
12. Bristol
13. Bath & North East Somerset
14. Lothian
15. Buckinghamshire
16. Barnet
17. Islington
18. West Hertfordshire
19. Bromley
20. West Sussex
It is quite interesting to see that this particular problem isn’t in one particular area, and that is more prevalent in certain parts of the country than others, I suppose the only reason for this is presumably it must be the diet they are eating. A recent report in a newspaper was published that said it could be due to the fact of some other foods or type of foods that they are eating.
Which were noted as being a regional foods e.g. black pudding. Those regional foods are listed below with their calories this doesn’t necessarily mean to say that, this could be the overall problem of why people are obese in these particular counties within the UK but might give us an idea that if this the case or not.
Scotland
They like to eat deep-fried Mars bars which originated in Stonehaven,which is in Aberdeenshire. A 65g Mars bar contains the following calories and fat 307 cal and 11 g of fat. Now if you deep Fry one of these this will add a further 200 calories, and it goes without saying how much fat could get added to this as well by deep frying it. Could this be one of the reasons that Scottish people do tend to be overweight a bit as we know some of the hot spots on the map show a bit of a problem up there. Just maybe this is one of the reasons why.
Yorkshire
They like to eat something called the Yorkshire parking this consists of lard ginger and some golden syrup it is brimming full of sugar carbohydrates and fat. One slice of this may contain up to 500 calories with 15 grams of fat.
Wales
Now interestingly in North Wales namely Anglesey which was in the top 20 at position 16 on the fat map, they like to eat Welsh rarebit, this is made up of ale, cheese, butter and egg yolk which is served on toasted white bread this contains up to 415 calories and may have 32 grams of fat.
Midlands
They like to indulge in something called Bakewell tarts which originates from the Derby village, these particular tarts which are made from Cherry and almonds and are chock-a-block of fat and calories, they contain something in the region of 400 calories and 35 grams of fat per tart.
London
They like something called Cockney pie mash pie and liquor, which consists of stodgy pastry, some meat filling and high starch mash which is made with butter,which adds up to a whopping 1000 calories.
North West They like to eat something called black puddings which are made from congealed pig’s blood, which sounds awful to me the only one good thing about this particular dish is the calorie content isn’t that high. But research has suggested that it could be a cause for bowel cancer which is one of the things I spoke about recently when eating breakfast some people do tend to have black pudding for their breakfast.
The South West They like to eat something called lardy cake which is from Wiltshire this sounds like a health horror story, in itself one of these cakes consists of lard and sugar and wait for it contains a whopping 2000 calories and 160 grams of fat sounds lovely doesn’t it, eat one of those the day and you will take in your daily calories for a day, but your ability to gain weight will be phenomenal.
Northern Ireland They like to have something called a Ulster Fry which is a fry up but bigger, it consists of bacon, sausages, tomatoes, fried egg mushrooms which are served with a potato bread and soda which is a bread which is made from buttermilk, this adds up to 1000 calories and 80 grams of fat. So another fatty feast for you people in Northern Ireland .
When you examine all the data from this post is it merely because we are as British people very traditional in what we eat, and has this been passed down through generations so that we pass it on to our children who then become programmed to it eat the same traditional dishes and this is one of the reasons why some of these areas do have a problem with their weight.
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