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 charts provide the prevalence of

obesity

between males and females aged 12 to 19 based on ethnicity in the United States between the years

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2004 and 2014. In general, it is obvious that in 2014, the

percentage

of people with

obesity

increased in all three ethnicities compared to 2004 and

non-

Hispanic

black

girls

and

Hispanic

boys each reached the highest

percentage

among their generation. In 2004 12

percent

of the adolescent

non-

Hispanic

boys were classified as overweight. The

percentage

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rose

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to 17

percent

in 2014.

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, 11

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non_Hispanic black and 13

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Hispanic

teenagers faced the same issue which

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raised

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rise

to 20 and 27

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repectively

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respectively

in 2014. Among

girls

,

non-

Hispanic

white adolescents had the lowest

percentage

of

obesity

in both years, 9 and 14

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respectievly

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respectively

.

However

non-

Hispanic

black

girls

aged 12 to 19, had the highest

percentage

of overweight teenagers in both years which reached from 16

percent

in 2004 to 29

percent

in 2014.

Also

, 12

percent

of

Hispanic

girls

were classified as overweight in 2004 and the

percentage

went up to 17

percent

in 2014.

Overall

, more

Hispanic

boys suffered from

obesity

while

this

rate was higher among the

non-

Hispanic

black

girls

.