The bar charts below shows the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls aged 12 to 19 by ethnicity, in the United States for the years 2004 and 2014.
The bar charts illustrate the changes in the proportion of obesity among male and female teenagers by ethnicity in the USA from 2004 to 2014.
Overall
, what stands out from the diagram is that the figure for non-Hispanic
Black girls had the highest share in both two years, whilst that for Hispanic boys ranked first.
Regarding the first graph, it is apparent that all ethnic groups witnessed growth. In 2004, the figure for all male adolescents stood at a little less than 15%. While
obesity rates for non-Hispanic
whites saw an increase of 5%, and non-Hispanic
blacks nearly doubled, that for Hispanics rose remarkably to over a quarter.
According to
the second one, it is clear that
whereas
obese Non-Hispanic
Black female teenagers had the most significant percentage in the first year, towards the end of the period it increased twofold from 16% to 29%. Besides
, the figure for non-Hispanic
whites and Hispanics followed similar patterns, as both of them experienced a rise of 5%.Submitted by writingbhos on
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