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 percentages of obesity among American boys and girls aged 12 to 19 by ethnicity in the years 2004 and 2014, broken down into three categories:

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-white,

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black, and

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.

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, it is evident that the

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of obese young people increased in 2014 for both genders. Except for the

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non-Hispanic Hispanic

black group,

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had more prevalence for over-wight than females in other groups.

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and

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black women had the biggest growth in 2014.

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with, the prevalence of obesity in all the male groups started at relatively less than 15%;

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,

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increased significantly in 2014. The

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had the wildest fluctuations, with a massive jump to 27%, the highest percentage in any other male group;

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, the non-Hispanichispanic white category had the smallest rise, at around 17% in 2014. Eventually, the non-Hispanichispanic black

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escalated to 20%. Meanwhile, the

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of

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black females who were obese had the highest

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in both 2004 and 2014, it rose from 16% to 29%, the biggest

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in any other category. The other female groups showed a slight increase, the

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white went from 9% to 14%, and the

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increased from 12% to 17%.