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Article: New figures reveal our unhealthy diets Less than a fifth of all adults in North Lincolnshire have a healthy diet, according to new figures.
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- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
- Article date:
- June 23, 2007
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Less than a fifth of all adults in North Lincolnshire have a
healthy diet, according to new figures.
A report published by the Association of Public Health
Observatories reveals just 17.4 per cent of the region's over 18s
have a healthy diet.
And the proportion of adults who are obese in North Lincolnshire
is 'significantly above the national average'.
The new figures have revealed North Lincolnshire ranks
'significantly worse' than the national average in 11 of 26 health
categories examined.
More than a quarter (26.9 per cent) of adults in North
Lincolnshire are considered obese. This compares to just 21.8 per
cent, or one in five, across England as a whole.
And the figures show the ...