The bar chart illustrates the percentage of obesity in Australian males and females between 1980 and 2010.
Overall, it is noticeable that the proportion of overweight Australian males by far higher during the whole period. In addition, the percentage of obese males experienced a more significant change.
In 1980, the percentage of overweight men was about 47% of the total men in Australia, whereas obese women only occupied 30% of Australian females. In 2000, the proportion of males had obesity hit the highest point, at 70%. In the same year, the figure for overweight females reached a peak, at 50%.
In 2010, Australia witnessed a slight decrease to about 69% in the percentage of overweight men. At the same time, the figure for Australian obese females remained unchanged, at 50%.