A majority of places with the worst poverty have among the highest rates of childhood obesity.
Exclusive analysis of health and income figures by the Trinity Mirror data unit casts clear light on the link between low incomes and severe weight problems among youngsters at primary school .
Of the 15 places in England with the highest levels of 'income deprivation', 13 are also in the top 10 per cent when it comes to childhood obesity rates - children who are clinically obese at reception age.
All are concentrated in urban areas including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, inner-city London and the north east.
Knowsley and Middlesbrough - the places with the very lowest incomes - both feature in the top 10 per cent in terms of childhood obesity.
So too do Liverpool, Tower Hamlets, Manchester, Birmingham, Barking and Dagenham, Sandwell, Hartlepool, Wolverhampton, Hackney, Nottingham and South Tyneside.
Exclusive analysis of health and income figures by the Trinity Mirror data unit casts clear light on the link between low incomes and severe weight problems among youngsters at primary school .
Of the 15 places in England with the highest levels of 'income deprivation', 13 are also in the top 10 per cent when it comes to childhood obesity rates - children who are clinically obese at reception age.
All are concentrated in urban areas including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, inner-city London and the north east.
Knowsley and Middlesbrough - the places with the very lowest incomes - both feature in the top 10 per cent in terms of childhood obesity.
So too do Liverpool, Tower Hamlets, Manchester, Birmingham, Barking and Dagenham, Sandwell, Hartlepool, Wolverhampton, Hackney, Nottingham and South Tyneside.
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