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

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and

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

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, what stands out in

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

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and

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

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, in the

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

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whites were placed in second with 12%. Respectively,

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blacks were in third

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by 11%.

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, in the

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' graph,

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blacks served the first

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with 16%.

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, Hispanics were in second

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with 12%.

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,

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

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groups reached a higher number compared to previous ones.

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, same as before, Hispanics led the first

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with 27% by

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,

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,

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in the same sector had the 17% percentage.

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,

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in

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blacks had the highest number which is 29% and

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were lower than them with 20%.

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,

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whites had the lowest number among

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and

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with 14% and 17% respectively.