The bar charts below show the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls aged 12 to 19 years by ethnicity, in the United States for the years 2004 and 2014

The bar charts depict the proportion of

obesity

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among

boys

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and

girls

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aged 12 to 19 years old between three distinct ethnicities in the United States in 2004 and 2014.

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, it is evident that Hispanic

boys

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and

Non-Hispanic

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Black

girls

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have the highest

obesity

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rate,

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Non-Hispanic

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White

boys

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and

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have the lowest in both years in the US. In 2004, it can be seen that there are 12% of

Non-Hispanic

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White

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that have

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problems.

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, only around 9% of

girls

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are considered to be overweight, making

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group have the lowest

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rate among the other races.

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, both genders experienced an increase of 5% in 2014. Moving to

Non-Hispanic

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Black, there was a high rate of

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among

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in

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category, which was 16% in 2004 and 29% in 2014, making it ranked the highest in both years compared to the others. Meanwhile,

boys

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who have

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racial type experienced lower

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rates in 2004 and 2014, which are 11% and 20%, respectively. In terms of Hispanic people, the

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issue is significant in

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, despite only accounted 13% in the first year, it went up dramatically to 27% in the

last

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given period, making it the highest among other

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populations in other ethnic groups.

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, even though there were 12% of Hispanic

girls

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who had

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concerns in 2004, which is similar to

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,

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gender is healthier since it only experienced a slight increase in 2014.