Singapore tops list of world's healthiest countries – UK fails to make the top 20

Health scores based on smoking and obesity leave Britain lagging behind Belgium, Ireland and Norway

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Singapore has been named the world's healthiest country in a new list compiled by Bloomberg. However, the UK failed to make it into the top 20 healthiest countries, according to the data supplied by the United Nations, World Bank and World Health Organisation.

How were the rankings calculated?

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