Who Ate All The Pies?
Bradford is the UK's fattest city after a survey found its residents exist on a diet of fast food and booze.
It also found they do little exercise and spend most of their spare time slumped in front of the TV.
Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow also rank high in the obesity league.
Southampton is the fittest city in the UK, a title held by London for the past four years.
The annual survey was carried out by Men's Fitness magazine.
It was based on data including the incidence of heart disease, the amount of junk food and alcohol consumed, and the level of gym membership.
Bradford was in 11th place in 2004 but shot up to fourth last year and is now in the number one spot, overtaking Manchester.
Men's Fitness deputy editor Michael Donlevy said: "Bradford has leapt up the standings.
'Obesity a growing threat' "The report shows that, despite a lot of noise from the Government and our country's apparent obsession with complicated fad diets, obesity is a growing threat to our health.
"Even Prince Charles has recently told us we are all lazy and overweight - and when Prince Charles starts on you, you know you're in trouble."
He added: "You can ban smoking in pubs and arrest drunks but who is to stop people gorging on junk food in their own front rooms?"
The UK's Fattest Cities: (last year's results in brackets)
1 Bradford (4)
2 Liverpool (3)
3 Manchester (1)
4 Newcastle (2)
5 Glasgow (5)
6 Birmingham (14)
7 Wolverhampton (8)
8 Sheffield (9)
9 Stoke-on-Trent (6)
10 Leeds (=12)
11 Edinburgh (10)
12 Swansea (7)
13 Coventry (=16)
14 Leicester (18)
15 Plymouth (11)
16 Coventry (16)
17 Derby (19)
18 Nottingham (=16)
19 Cardiff (21)
20 Bristol (15)
21 London (22)
22 Southampton (=12)
Source:
www.skynews.co.uk
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