Research by the Department of Health and the Association of Public Health Observatories shows that some areas of inner London have the highest rates of child obesity in the country. Hackney in east London topped the tables, with 16 per cent of children classed as obese by the time they start the reception year at school. Tower Hamlets, also in east London, had the fifth highest rate of child obesity, with 14.7 per cent of reception class children considered obese. The lowest rate was found in Teesdale, County Durham, where 4.9 per cent of...