The table below shows the weight of people in a particular country from 1999 to 2009.

The table illustrates the

percentage

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of

weight

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in 3 categories including

underweight

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, normal and overweight in a country between 1999 and 2009.

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,

men

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are more likely to be overweight than

women

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although

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the rates of overweight tend to decline among

men

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.

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the table, there are more

underweight

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women

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than those overweight throughout the whole examined period.

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, 27% of

women

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are

underweight

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whereas

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the

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of those overweight is 18% in 1999. It is interesting to note that the numbers of both

underweight

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and overweight rise to 29% and 21% in 2004.

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, the

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of the normal

weight

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among

women

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accounts for nearly half in all the 3 years. Regarding the

weight

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of

men

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, the striking difference from the

women

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is that their higher

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of obesity. In fact, 30% of

men

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are diagnosed as obese

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22% have a lower

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than the average in 1999.

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trend continues in 2004.

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, it reversed in 2009 when the

percentage

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of those

underweight

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is higher than those overweight with 23% and 19% respectively. About a half

percentage

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of

men

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are normal

weight

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and there is no significant shift for the decade.