It may be a healthy diet, it may the island’s gig racing and watersports culture, whatever the reason Scilly has been named the sixth slimmest place in Britain.
Kingston upon Thames, Westminster and Wansworth are some of the places that fair better but Cornwall, Scilly’s closest allie, doesn’t even make it into the top twenty.
Islander Jo Legg thinks that this is down to a healthy childhood. “On Scilly you are allowed to run around a lot on your own. Children on the islands are taught to be active from an early age and I think they keep it up throughout their lives on Scilly.
Kingston upon Hull and Merseyside had a bleaker future being named the top two chubbiest towns.