Claim: More than a quarter of English adults are now obese.
Fact-check: Are more people going into hospital for obesity related illnesses? - Full Fact
Verdict: 26% of adults were measured to be obese in a 2016 survey. this has been at roughly the same level since 2010.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2018-04-05T00:00:00