The bar charts below show the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls aged 12 to 19 years by ethnicity, in the United States for the years 2004 and 2014.

The presented diagrams provide the results of a survey carried out to determine the proportion of overweight

boys

and

girls

aged 12 to 19 in the United States in a decade.

Overall

, what stands out in

both

charts is that the percentage of obesity varied dramatically in 2014 among all the criteria. As can be seen, in 2004

both

girls

and

boys

, experienced a lower level of fatness compared to the same category in 2014.

For instance

, in the

boys

' chart, Hispanics were the fattest group with 13%,

while

non-Hispanic

whites were placed in second with 12%. Respectively,

non-Hispanic

blacks were in third

place

by 11%.

By comparison

, in the

girls

' graph,

non-Hispanic

blacks served the first

place

with 16%.

Similarly

, Hispanics were in second

place

with 12%.

However

,

non-Hispanic

whites had the lowest percentage around 9%. In 2014,

both

groups reached a higher number compared to previous ones.

For example

, same as before, Hispanics led the first

place

with 27% by

boys

,

however

,

girls

in the same sector had the 17% percentage.

Nevertheless

,

girls

in

non-Hispanic

blacks had the highest number which is 29% and

boys

were lower than them with 20%.

Lastly

,

non-Hispanic

whites had the lowest number among

both

girls

and

boys

with 14% and 17% respectively.