Doncaster is named as one of the fattest towns in Yorkshire

Figures show the areas across the country with the highest and lowest rates of obesity-related hospital admissions per 100,000 people.

And Doncaster has a current rate of 1,731 – one of the highest rates in Yorkshire.

Only Bradford, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Wakefield and York were ranked higher.

York was named as one of the most obese towns in Britain with a rate of 3,321.

Nationally, Wirral was named the worst place with a rate of 3,804 per 100,000 people.

The town with the fewest obesity-related admission was Wokingham, which saw only 413 cases per 100,000 people.

Second-best was West Berkshire with 466, while third was Reading with 588.

The average rate for England as a whole was 1,615.

The figures were published by NHS England, and included data gathered between April 1 2018 and March 31 2019.

A person is considered obese if they have a body mass index (BMI) - a measure of a person's weight given their height - of more than 30.

An estimated 26 percent of adults in England are obese, while around 63 percent are either obese or overweight, meaning they have a BMI of over 25.

The issue has received renewed attention since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with obesity one of a number of risk factors for people who catch the virus.

A Public Health England report in July found that people who are overweight are at least three times as likely to die from the virus as people of a regular weight.