British women are the fattest in Europe as a QUARTER are classed as obese

It's the one leader board that the UK doesn't want to top. But British women have been named the fattest in Europe.

Almost one in four (23.9 per cent) women in Britain are classed as obese, far worse than the rest of Western Europe. 


In Germany, 15.6 per cent were found to be obese, while just 12.7 per cent of French women and 9.3 per cent of Italian women have piled on the pounds.

Former Soviet states including Lativa and Estonia were among those who came closest to matching Britain's obesity rate.


The European Union's statistics agency Eurostat, which collated data from 2008 to 2009, said the percentage of obese younger women was particularly notable in the UK.     More Read