It comes after Downing Street announced this week "buy one get one free" promotions and other multibuy offers on unhealthy foods will be restricted from April 2022 under plans to tackle obesity. (Image: NHS Digital)Retailers must also stop offering promotions on other unhealthy foods in prominent places, such as at checkouts or store entrances. The Wirral had the most hospital admissions where obesity was a factor, with 3,804, than anywhere else in the UK. On the flip side, Wokingham and West Berkshire both had admission rates below 500, with the NHS figures compiled in 2018/19. The below figures show the areas in England with the highest and lowest rates of obesity-related hospital admissions per 100,000 people.

Source: Daily Mirror December 30, 2020 01:48 UTC