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1 in 4 UK adults are obese

24.7 per cent of British adults are obese (compared with an average of 16.7 per cent in the rest of Europe) [1], [2] – and one out of four men (24.7%) and one of four women (24.9%) is obese in England. [4], [5]

Source: PHE Adult obesity slide set (updated March 2015) [4]
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