Ten worst areas for childhood obesity named amid health crisis warnings

New study shows nine of the most overweight neighbourhoods are in London

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Public Health England has revealed the full extent of the UK’s growing childhood obesity crisis as new figures identify the most overweight neighbourhoods in the country.

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WardCouncil% Excess Weight
Camberwell GreenSouthwark50.9
NewingtonSouthwark49.7
Hoxton WestHackney49.7
Lancaster GateWestminster48.5
Woodberry DownHackney48.5
Fenton West and Mount PleasantStoke-on-Trent48.0
Royal DocksNewham48.0
LiveseySouthwark47.8
ChaucerSouthwark47.7
Woolwich RiversideGreenwich47.7
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