The given table illustrates the proportion of weight types by gender in a specific nation between 1999, 2004 and 2009.
Overall, it is evident that normal weight was the most popular group of both men and women across the period. Noticeably, while underweight and normal weight witnessed a female-dominated tendency, males recorded comparatively higher percentages regarding over-weight.
With respect to women, underweight group maintained an upper-20 proportion, albeit with minimal fluctuations (27% in 1999, 29% in 2004, and 28% 2009). Normal weight experienced a similar trend, with 49%, 51% and 47% recorded in three respective years. Over-weight was the lowest weight group of females, with the peak of merely 21% in 2004, compared to significantly higher percentages of other counterparts in the same year (51% of normal and 29% of under-weight).
In terms of men, normal weight stood out with the largest figures, ranging between 41% and 48%, which was lower than women. Conversely, over-weight of males outnumbered that of females in 1999 and 2004 (30% and 23%, respectively), subsequently decreasing to 19% in 2009, equal to women. Finally, statistics of males’ under-weight group decreased from 22% in 1999 to 20% in 2004, before recovering to 23% at the end of the researched period.