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

who were overweight in four different countries (

Japan

,

Finland

,

Australia

, and the

USA

) in 1980, 1990, and 2000.

Overall

, it is clearly seen that the lowest percentage of

adults

who were overweight recorded in

Japan

and the

USA

recorded the highest proportion of overweight

adults

population among the four countries in the given years.

Furthermore

, the number of

adults

who were overweight grew gradually. The

figure

for

Japan

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

Finland

and

Australia

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

Japan

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

Finland

and

Australia

showed a slight increase. In the case of the

USA

, the

figure

increased to about 25%. After decades,

Australia

's

figure

rose significantly compared to

Japan

and

Finland

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

figure

for the

USA

increased gradually to over 30%.