Three boroughs in London set to be the most unhealthy

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A new league table shows that the residents of Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Hackney are getting unhealthier by the year.

They scored highest in key danger areas including smoking, obesity and poor diet.

Lambeth and Islington were also rated among the bottom 10 "danger boroughs" of the future.

But at the same time other parts of the capital will climb to the top of the well-being league.

Richmond, Twickenham, Redbridge and Kingston are expected to be among the top 10 healthiest places to live.

Currently the worst places in the country for poor health are the old industrial towns of the North-East.

Today's study by healthcare researchers TNS and CACI shows parts of London will overtake them in a few decades.

The findings come as a government report reveals that 70,000 a year are dying because of poor diet.

The report says at least 42,200 people a year could be saved if they hit the five-a-day target for fruit and vegetables, while another 20,200 could be saved by cutting salt consumption from nine grams to six.

GP Ian Campbell said: "This is not a problem caused by lack of education - on the whole people know what they are supposed to do, but they just don't want to do it."

TNS calculated its figures by examining the number of "high risk" people in each borough.

In some places the entire population fell into this group, yet the figures showed the NHS is not targeting money in the right places. Camden is 11th in the unhealthy league, but it is not among the areas receiving the most money.

It is missing out because it has a high number of affluent people as well as those at the poor and unhealthy end of the scale, according to Ian Thurman of CACI. The findings follow pledges by London health bosses to cut the health gap between rich and poor by reforming the NHS.