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

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of Australian men and women who were overweight between the years 1980 and 2010.
Overall, it is clear that the percentage of overweight males was higher than the percentage of overweight females, while the figures for both genders rose over the period.
In 1980,40% of men in Australia were overweight and this figure increased to 48% in 1990. Although the proportion then reached a peak in 2000 of 65%, it then fell slightly to just over 60% in 2010.
In contrast, the proportion of overweight Australian women was lower than the figures for males who were overweight. However, there was a steep rise in the percentage of overweight females from just over 30% at the beginning of the period to 45% in 1990. There was a further significant increase to 53%, just over half of all women, in 2000. This figure remained the same in 2010.