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You’re far more likely to be overweight if you live in these areas

Published 10:12 7 Apr 2016 BST

Updated 10:13 7 Apr 2016 BST

Jordan Gold
You’re far more likely to be overweight if you live in these areas

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An online Pharmacy – AllCures.com – has completed an investigation into whether where you live has an effect on your weight. It's bad news if you live in Glasgow.

London's Richmond-upon-Thames, a place well-known for being posher than a £7 M&S lunchtime meal deal, was voted healthiest region in the nation. Showing that, rather than geography being the determining factor, it's all about the wealth of the region you live in. Meanwhile, Scotland's Western Isles were by far the area where locals were most likely to be overweight, with obesity rates on some islands like Orkney a close second. Obesity rates in some Scottish ares are as high as 44%. 24.8 per cent of the population is considered to be obese, the definition of obese in this context is people with a BMI of 30 or greater and a dangerous level of cholesterol.

This figure is an increase of 23% in less than ten years, Britain is ballooning in size, and, sadly for those struggling to make ends meet, it's our finances that are the determining factor in our health.

You can view the full, interactive map, here.

[caption id="attachment_51057" align="alignnone" width="820"]via Stephen White / CARTOBD via Stephen White / CARTOBD[/caption]

Top 10 most obese areas UK

1) Western Isles

2) Orkney

3) Barnsley

4) Ayrshire

5) Shetland Islands

6) Telford and Wrekin

7) North Lincolnshire

8) Hartlepool

9) Lanarkshire

10) Barking and Dagenham

Top 10 least obese areas UK

1) Richmond upon Thames

2) Camden

3) Tower Hamlets

4) Hammersmith and Fulham

5) Kensington and Chelsea

6) Wandsworth

7) Lambeth

8) Windsor and Maidenhead

9) Kingston upon Thames

10) Westminster

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You're far more likely to be overweight if you live in these areas