A recent report shows that 64 percent of adults in England are estimated to be overweight or obese. the North east have the highest rates of obese adults in the Uk, with every local district being above the national average apart from North Tyneside. According to the government, County Durham have the highest rates of overweight or obese adults in the whole of the United Kingdom.
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00:00According to the government, County Durham have the highest rates of overweight or obese
00:04adults in the whole of the United Kingdom. The report shows that 77.7% of adults in County
00:11Durham are overweight or obese. In the North East, Darlington has the second highest rate
00:17at 71.8% and Sunderland have the second lowest rate at 65.1%, with the North East average
00:24of obesity in overweight adults being 70.2%. So why are the rates so high for the North
00:31East?
00:32I think it's a lack of motivation, to be honest, because I know there's so many people who
00:37just do nothing but sit in bedrocks, like not want to do sports, not want to actually
00:42get a job or like go out, they'd rather just sit indoors. I think that's the main thing.
00:48Because I mean, I wouldn't say it's like a lack of like funding or anything like that.
00:52I think there's plenty of options to get into sports or stuff like that. I mean, doesn't
00:57take long to go out and you know, do a few runs.
01:00Well, yeah, the standard answer is it's probably cheaper to actually have cheap food, which
01:06isn't so good for you. And it's moreish. Yeah, snacks and things like that. And I think the
01:13biggest problem is that there's not enough attention in schools paid to cooking.
01:20While doctors define obesity as excessive or abnormal fat accumulation that may harm
01:24your health and say that ways to prevent obesity can include maintaining lifestyle factors
01:29such as a balanced diet, physical activity and even getting enough sleep.
01:34However, government data from 2023 shows that only 28.6% of adults in the North East met
01:42the five-a-day fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations, while the UK average was
01:4731%. The data from that year also showed that 63% of North Eastern adults were physically
01:53active, while the national average was 67%.