The chart shows the percentage of males and females who were overweight in Australia from 1980 to 2010

The given bar chart compares the rate of adults who were overweight in Australia at the start of each decade, starting from 1980.

A glance at the graph shows that the proportion of being overweight in males was higher than that in females. Moreover, the figure for obese males and females in this country rose significantly over the period shown.

In 1980, the percentage of overweight men in Australia was about 47% while there was only one-third of the total number of women suffered from this trend. Over the period of 20 years, there seemed to be a considerable increase of about 23% and 20% in male and female figures respectively.

From 2000 to 2010, the rate of obese Australian males slightly declined from 70 to 67%, whereas that of females experienced a steadiness.