LONDONERS CROWNED BRITAIN’S HEALTHIEST EATERS AS THREE IN FOUR SAY THEY EAT WELL

LONDONERS have been crowned Britain’s healthiest eaters, with more than three quarters saying they keep their diets on the right track.

YouGov data analysed by kitchen experts at Prestige found 76% of adults in London described their eating habits as either “very healthy” or “fairly healthy” in June 2026.

That was the highest figure across the six regions covered by the research, putting the capital ahead of Scotland, Wales, the Rest of the South, the Midlands and the North.

London also had Britain’s highest proportion of respondents describing their eating habits as “very healthy”, at 16%.

A further 60% said their habits were “fairly healthy”, while 23% described them as either “not very healthy” or “not healthy at all”, the lowest combined unhealthy figure recorded in the regional comparison.

The capital has also recorded one of Britain’s strongest healthy eating improvements since before the pandemic.

Across three YouGov surveys conducted in 2019, an average of 68.7% of London adults described their eating habits as healthy.

By June 2026, that had risen to 76%, an increase of 7.3 percentage points.

Only Scotland and Wales experienced larger increases during the same period, while London remained top of the latest overall table.

Kitchen expert Olivia Disley at Prestige said:

“Healthy eating does not have to mean turning every dinner into a complicated science experiment or living on lettuce for the rest of your life. The habits that tend to stick are usually the simple ones: keeping fruit and vegetables where you can see them, planning a few meals before shopping and making healthier ingredients as easy to reach as the biscuit tin.

“A well-organised kitchen can make an enormous difference. If your chopping board is buried, your pans are difficult to reach and there is nowhere clear to prepare food, ordering a takeaway will always feel like the easier option. Creating one uncluttered preparation area and keeping everyday ingredients together removes some of that friction.

“Try making one realistic improvement at a time rather than attempting a complete diet overhaul on Monday morning. Add an extra vegetable to dinner, choose a higher-fibre version of something you already eat or prepare tomorrow’s lunch while tonight’s meal is cooking. Healthy eating should work with real life, not require you to become a different person.”