and the community, weight management programmes, and system-wide approaches. Statistics In contrast with the United States, overweight and obese individuals in the United Kingdom are more likely to be found in urban settings. Statistics highlight that lower income areas of London exhibit higher rates of childhood obesity compared with other parts of the UK. Data published in 2013 by London's Poverty Profile found disparities in childhood obesity rates between London and the rest of England, with 23% of children in London at the age of 10 to 11 being obese, higher than the English average. According to research data from the Health Survey for England, the proportion of children classified as overweight and obese was inversely related to household income. England For England alone, Public Health England published data in May 2017 indicating that 63.8% of adults in England have a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over with the most overweight region being the North East, where 68% of people are overweight, followed by the West Midlands at 65.7%. Wales Wales has the highest child obesity percentage out of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom and has a higher obesity rate than England. In 2012 it was reported that 57% of adults in Wales were obese or overweight. One in eight reception age children in 2019 were reported to be obese and 3.3% of children are severely obese. Scotland In Scotland in 2019, 66% of adults aged 16+ were overweight. Comparison within Europe According to the Global Burden of Disease Study published in 2013, the United Kingdom had proportionately more obese and overweight adults than anywhere in western Europe with the exception of Iceland and Malta. Using data from 1980 to 2013, in the UK 66.6% of men and 52.7% of women were found to be either overweight or obese. The figures for Malta were 74.0% of men and 57.8% of women and for Iceland were 73.6% of men and 60.9% of women respectively. The UK had the fifth highest rate of obesity in Europe in 2015. 24.9% of the adult population had a body mass index of 30 or more. In 2016 according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nearly 27% of adults in the United Kingdom were obese, the highest proportion in Western Europe and a 92% increase since 1996. See also Health in the United Kingdom Epidemiology of obesity List of