The chart below give the information about the percentage of the adults population who were overweight in four different countries in 1980,1990,2000

The given bar chart provides the proportion of overweight people in

Japan

,

Finland

, Australia, and the

USA

in the years 1980,1990, and 200'.

Overall

, it can be seen that the

USA

has always had the highest percentages among the analyzed countries,

whereas

Japan

has had the lowest portion in all three decades.

Additionally

,

it is clear that

the number of fat people steadily grew in the 30-year period in all four countries. Australia and the

USA

were the countries having the greatest proportions of obese communities.

Although

Australia, in 1980, had a similar percentage to

Finland

's one, it first experienced a slight increase in 1990 and

then

a notable one in 2000, increasing its fraction by a total of around 10%. Regarding the

USA

, it approximately doubled its percentage, going from 15% of the overweight population to over 30%.

Japan

and

Finland

had a quite low number of obese inhabitants, as

Japan

always remained under 5% of its total population, and the maximum of overweight people living in

Finland

was, in 2000, just around half of the

USA

proportion in 1990.