The chart gives information about the percentage of overweight men and women in Australia from 1980 to 2010

The bar chart illustrates the

proportion

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of men and women overweight in Australia over a period of 30 years , between 1980 and 2010.

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, it can be clearly seen from the bar chart that the fraction of males and

females

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in Australia witnessed a fluctuation.

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the

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of males is greater than that of

females

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. The

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of

females

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experienced an upward trend. In terms of males, the

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of overweight

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men increased significantly from 40% to around 65% between 1980 and 2000. During the period from 2000 to 2010, there was a steady decline in the

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of overweight

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men from about 65% to 60%. Regarding

females

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, the

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of overweight

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women rose substantially from 32% to around 53% between 1980 and 2000. Overweight

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women fluctuated from 2000 to 2010.