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Tamworth in Staffordshire, a pleasant former market town 14 miles from Birmingham, has had its moments in the national limelight. It boasts a statue of Sir Robert Peel, whose constituency it was and who bred the Tamworth pig, and it is the home of the Reliant Robin, the three-wheel car invented in a back garden in 1935.
But, as of 2011, it has been trying to shake off the less welcome title (shared with Gateshead) of fattest town in Britain.
Just over 30% of people in Tamworth are obese, according to the National Obesity Observatory, Britain's official collector of such data. Gateshead and Tamworth have 30.7% adult obesity, while two other districts, Swale and Medway in Kent, have also for the first time nudged over the 30% line. By 2050, warned the seminal Foresight report of 2007, the UK could hit 60% adult obesity if nothing is done. Tamworth is halfway there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/18/obesity-tamworth-fat-capital-britain
But, as of 2011, it has been trying to shake off the less welcome title (shared with Gateshead) of fattest town in Britain.
Just over 30% of people in Tamworth are obese, according to the National Obesity Observatory, Britain's official collector of such data. Gateshead and Tamworth have 30.7% adult obesity, while two other districts, Swale and Medway in Kent, have also for the first time nudged over the 30% line. By 2050, warned the seminal Foresight report of 2007, the UK could hit 60% adult obesity if nothing is done. Tamworth is halfway there.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/feb/18/obesity-tamworth-fat-capital-britain