Rothwell tops obesity scales
The town has the highest ratio of adults identified as obese based on GP registers, closely followed by Desborough.
The figures, published by NHS Digital, show every single district in the parliamentary consituencies of Kettering and Wellingborough has an estimated higher rate than the national average.
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Hide AdIn the Corby and East Northants constituency every area bar three is above the national average, which is 9.7 per cent.
This is only the figure for people whose data is recorded with a GP and is lower than the national average of obesity prevalence, which was estimated as 26 per cent in 2018.
A breakdown of the figures is below.
Kettering: average of 12 per cent of adults identified as obese
Worst three areas:
Rothwell 13.8 per cent
Desborough: 13.7 per cent
Burton Latimer and Broughton: 12.2 per cent
Best three areas:
Geddington, Rushton and Stoke Albany: 10.7 per cent
Kettering East (the Ise Lodge and part of the area around Windmill Ave): 11.1 per cent
Kettering Avondale Grange: 11.3 per cent
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Hide AdWellingborough: average of 11.3 per cent of adults identified as obese
Worst three areas:
Finedon and Harrowden: 12.9 per cent
Rushden East: 11.6 per cent
Rushden South: 11.6 per cent
Best three areas:
Irchester and Bozeat: 10.3 per cent
Higham Ferrers: 10.7 per cent
Central Wellingborough: 10.9 per cent
Corby and East Northants: average of 10.8 per cent of adults identified as obese
Worst three areas:
Thrapston and Lyveden: 12.9 per cent
Raunds: 12.4 per cent
Oakley North: 12 per cent
Best three areas:
King’s Forest, Woodnewton and Easton: 8.1 per cent
Irthlingborough: 9.1 per cent
Oundle: 9.1 per cent
The data also identifies the rates of other health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
The national average for diabetes is 6.7 per cent. The area in the north of the county with the highest ration was Raunds, which is 8.5 per cent.
The national average for high blood pressure is 13.8 per cent. Raunds again topped the chart with 19.4 per cent.
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