Fat Britain: NHS figures show obesity-related hospital admissions have risen 15% in a year

The number of people taken to hospital because of fat-related conditions shot up by 15 per cent last year. The number of hospital admissions in England in which obesity was listed as a main or contributing cause of someone's illness rose by nearly 800 per cent between 2008 and 2018, with more than 700,000 such visits last year Figures released today by NHS Digital showed there were 710,562 hospital admissions in 2017-18 in which obesity was a primary or secondary cause. ‘We call on governments to introduce policies that make our environments healthier, such as restrictions on junk food marketing and subsidies on healthy foods, to help people make healthier choices.’ Women are more likely to be admitted to hospital because of obesity-related health problems than men, and the gender gap has widened over the past 10 years, NHS figures show The number of people taken to hospital because of fat-related conditions shot up by 15 per cent last year The NHS today called on food and drink companies to do their part to crack down on obesity in England. In 2017-18, there were 3,516 hospitalisations per 1,000 people – approximately one for every 28 members of the population Although improved recording by the NHS may contribute to higher obesity admission figures, they are increasing in line with obesity rates in England – 29 per cent of adults are now dangerously overweight, up from around 15 per cent in 1993 WHERE ARE THE MOST OBESITY-RELATED HOSPITALISATIONS IN ENGLAND? AREAS OF ENGLAND RANKED BY THE RATE OF OBESITY-RELATED HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN 2017-18 Area All admissions Admissions per 100,000 people Area All admissions Admissions per 100,000 people Wirral 11,300 3,516 Norfolk 11,200 1,227 Nottingham 8,510 3,099 Lincolnshire 9,325 1,217 Salford 6,215 2,819 Havering 2,975 1,216 Wigan 8,915 2,793 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,260 1,211 Nottinghamshire 22,540 2,758 Islington 1,885 1,173 Slough 2,960 2,644 Plymouth 2,905 1,170 Wolverhampton 6,440 2,597 Dorset 5,480 1,155 York 5,125 2,573 Stockton-on-Tees 2,120 1,119 Blackburn with Darwen 3,390 2,538 Luton 2,080 1,117 Southampton 5,200 2,457 Sefton 3,105 1,113 Cornwall 13,210 2,350 Bury 2,015 1,105 Wakefield 7,600 2,258 Tameside 2,390 1,101 Bournemouth 3,975 2,224 Cambridgeshire 6,830 1,092 Stockport 6,225 2,171 Bath and North East Somerset 1,940 1,091 Coventry 6,515 2,166 Isles of Scilly 25 1,091 Dudley 6,680 2,153 Isle of Wight 1,725 1,077 Bradford 9,980 2,080 Tower Hamlets 1,875 1,066 Stoke-on-Trent 5,110 2,076 Peterborough 1,945 1,060 Worcestershire 12,285 2,054 North East Lincolnshire 1,680 1,060 Staffordshire 18,025 2,045 Cumbria 5,245 1,034 Derbyshire 16,090 2,034 Kent 15,460 1,014 Telford and Wrekin 3,385 2,018 Hillingdon 2,765 1,005 Warwickshire 11,295 2,009 Newham 2,235 1,003 Bristol, City of 8,460 2,009 Sunderland 2,800 1,000 Walsall 5,285 1,986 Brighton and Hove 2,435 992 Hackney 3,685 1,936 Haringey 2,100 988 Northamptonshire 13,465 1,908 Enfield 2,780 986 South Gloucestershire 5,140 1,881 Bexley 2,270 983 Torbay 2,485 1,865 Sheffield 5,295 974 Derby 4,455 1,815 Greenwich 2,485 973 Blackpool 2,425 1,750 Warrington 2,000 971 Manchester 7,055 1,645 Hampshire 13,255 968 Medway 4,320 1,645 Leeds 6,810 965 Kirklees 6,660 1,591 Kingston upon Hull, City of 2,415 951 Ealing 4,575 1,588 Redbridge 2,435 944 Brent 4,335 1,569 Rutland 380 942 Shropshire 5,200 1,567 Gateshead 1,915 941 Doncaster 4,775 1,561 Herefordshire, County of 1,785 925 Milton Keynes 3,645 1,540 Hounslow 2,030 898 North Somerset 3,160 1,539 Buckinghamshire 4,590 896 Lancashire 18,185 1,528 Westminster 1,870 889 Cheshire West and Chester 5,080 1,526 Lewisham 2,355 886 Barking and Dagenham 2,595 1,520 Waltham Forest 1,985 879 Rotherham 3,910 1,508 Croydon 3,075 874 Cheshire East 5,605 1,502 Bromley 2,730 863 North Yorkshire 9,475 1,492 Central Bedfordshire 2,330 856 Knowsley 2,135 1,477 Essex 12,160 840 Trafford 3,225 1,464 Bedford 1,340 837 Southwark 3,690 1,453 Bolton 2,170 810 Halton 1,815 1,444 Gloucestershire 5,140 806 Suffolk 10,895 1,434 Devon 6,505 800 Poole 2,170 1,428 Wandsworth 1,710 787 Leicestershire 9,705 1,420 Southend-on-Sea 1,370 767 Harrow 3,140 1,411 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,985 754 Leicester 4,040 1,402 Kensington and Chelsea 1,055 741 Birmingham 14,265 1,398 Kingston upon Thames 1,090 705 Calderdale 2,810 1,390 County Durham 3,700 702 Windsor and Maidenhead 1,955 1,364 Merton 1,170 697 Northumberland 4,500 1,362 Middlesbrough 880 692 Hertfordshire 15,025 1,361 Bracknell Forest 765 692 Lambeth 3,375 1,357 Barnet 2,290 685 St. Helens 2,430 1,353 Thurrock 1,040 685 Hartlepool 1,220 1,351 South Tyneside 1,025 684 Swindon 2,805 1,337 Barnsley 1,630 673 North Tyneside 2,745 1,336 Sutton 1,280 672 Liverpool 5,990 1,334 North Lincolnshire 1,150 669 Oldham 2,790 1,322 Surrey 7,490 664 Rochdale 2,670 1,321 Oxfordshire 4,290 656 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,810 1,314 Camden 1,265 641 Somerset 7,075 1,290 Redcar and Cleveland 875 641 Sandwell 3,910 1,288 Darlington 645 614 Wiltshire 6,230 1,270 City of London 45 591 East Sussex 7,155 1,260 Richmond upon Thames 860 491 Portsmouth 2,390 1,258 West Berkshire 675 432 West Sussex 10,670 1,257 Reading 565 425 Solihull 2,505 1,243 Wokingham 490 313