The diagram presents correlations between several indicators, which show main trends of the number of people with extra-weight. The information is focused on measurements of four countries, located in different parts of the world: Japan, Finland, Australia and United States from 1980 to 2000.
Firstly, the gradual growth of overweight adults’ percentage is a quite typical trend for all geographical contexts. The statistics demonstrate the lowest indicators in 1980 for all 4 countries and the highest — in 2000.
Secondly, the maximum variance of percentages is shown by USA, with 15% in 1980, 25% in 1990 and ~35% in 2000, while Japan presents the minimum one — less than 5% during the entire period. Both Finland and Australia had the same numbers of adult individuals with extra weight (around 7% in 1980), but in 1990 Australia’s indicators started to grow faster than the Scandinavian country’s percentage with the difference ~2-3%. The total separation of these two countries’ correlation took place in 2000, when Australia exceeded 20%. In contrast, Finland’s indicator was two times low in that year.
All in all, the overall growth of the number of individuals with obesity is the main trend for all countries. This trend is mainly influenced be the changed lifestyle of the modern society and bad eating habits.