The given bar charts illustrate the percentage of obese young males and females aged between 12 and 19 across three ethnic groups: Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic in the USA from 2004 to 2014.
Overall, the obesity rate of both boys and girls were moderately higher in 2014 than 2004, with Non-Hispanic Black girls holding the dominant percentage in both years and Non-Hispanic White being the lowest. Among boys, Hispanic individuals consistently had the highest obesity rate.
Looking at the details, in 2004, the percentage of overweight boys in Hispanic group was 13%, which was the largest among the ethnic groups, followed by Non-Hispanic White at 12% and Non-Hispanic Black at 11%. After ten years, not only the figure for Hispanic had risen dramatically by just above two-fold, from 13% to 27% but also Non-Hispanic Black surged significantly to 20%, surpassing Non-Hispanic White, which only experienced a slight growth to 17%.
With regard to the population of obese females in 2004, Non-Hispanic Black recorded the highest amount at 16%, compared to 12% for Hispanic and 9% for Non- Hispanic White. By 2014, while the percentage for Non-Hispanic Black had sky-rocketed to 29%, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White had witnessed a slight rise to 17% and 14%, respectively. Ultimately, throughout the period, there were more overweight young males than females across the different ethnicity except for Non-Hispanic Black.