The chart gives information about the percentage of overweight men and women in Australia from 1980 to 2010.

The bar chart illustrates the number of Australian people being overweight, classified by gender during the period between 1980 and 2010.

It is clear that

there were more people including both males and females who became overweight during the observed

years

.

Besides

, the percentage of obese men seemed to be much higher than women throughout the

years

. As can be seen, in 1980, under 50% of men in Australia were overweight, compared to only 30% of women. Over the next 10

years

,

while

the total of males climbed slightly to over 50%, female counterparts witnessed a considerable rise to 40%. In the year 2000, there were more Australian men and women suffering from obesity. The proportion of the former rose and reached a peak of 70%,and

then

it remained stable until 2010.

Likewise

, the sum of the latter

also

increased by 10% in 2000 and stayed unchanged for 10

years

.