People in part of Nottinghamshire are among the most likely in the country to be seriously overweight – with one in three adults classed as obese. Ashfield is the worst-affected area in the county for obesity levels - with 33.2% of people aged 18 and over said to be obese in the year from November 2021, according to new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) figures.
That was the 28th-highest rate of more than 300 areas across England. Mansfield had the next highest obesity rate in Nottinghamshire, at 32.5%, followed by Newark and Sherwood (29.7%) and Nottingham (28.4%).
In Rushcliffe, 18% of adults were estimated to be obese, which was actually down very slightly from 18.5% five years earlier. The obesity levels are based on Sport England's Active Lives survey, which includes body mass index (BMI) data – a measure that uses height and weight to work out if someone’s weight is healthy.
