Pink donut selfie swings, TikTok takeaways & chocolate on-demand – Inside only UK city where obese women outnumber men THE aroma of melting chocolate regularly fills Rachel Treen’s house leaving her craving a bar of Dairy Milk.
The number is significantly higher than the East of England, where just 55 per cent of women are overweight, and London, where 57 per cent of women are considered obese or overweight.
Minnie Savage, 19, a physio student living in Birmingham, the biggest city in the region, said: “There are loads of viral food places around here – they’re definitely places that me and my friends would go to, if it was a special occasion.
New statistics show that 70 per cent of women in the West Midlands are overweight or obese, compared to 69 per cent of men.
At the world’s largest Greggs cafe in Birmingham - located in the world’s largest Primark no less - there is a giant pink donut selfie swing that encourages women to buy a sweet treat and then snap a picture of themselves eating it.
