The chart below gives Information about the percentage of the adult population who were overweight in four different countries in 1980,1990 and 2000.

The chart illustrates the proportion of

adults

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who were overweight in four different countries (

Japan

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,

Finland

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,

Australia

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, and the

USA

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) in 1980, 1990, and 2000.

Overall

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, it is clearly seen that the lowest percentage of

adults

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who were overweight recorded in

Japan

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and the

USA

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recorded the highest proportion of overweight

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population among the four countries in the given years.

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, the number of

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who were overweight grew gradually. The

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for

Japan

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was less than 5%, which was the lowest percentage among the four countries, and the rate for

Finland

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and

Australia

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was less than 10% in 1980. After ten years,

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had almost the same rate as before, and the figures for

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and

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showed a slight increase. In the case of the

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, the

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increased to about 25%. After decades,

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's

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rose significantly compared to

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and

Finland

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. Those figures recorded over 20%, 10%, and less than 5%, respectively. The

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for the

USA

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increased gradually to over 30%.