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Obesity
This graph gives figures for the number of obese (very overweight) people in some countries.
Write 150 words describing information in the graph.
Obesity Graph: Vocabulary: Sample Sentences
- In the US, obesity is highest among black women, at 38%.
- France and the Netherlands have similar levels of obesity.
- Figures for obesity in Canada are the same for men and women, at 15%.
- Almost 35% of black American women are obese.
- More than a quarter of American men are extremely overweight.
- Obesity levels are highest in the US and in Australia.
- Obese people in France comprise /make up less than 10% of the population.
- The percentage of obese people in the UK stands at 35%.
- Obese people make up / comprise / total 55% of Mexican-Americans.
- The lowest rate of obesity in the graph is found in France.
- Canada has a relatively low rate of obesity.
- The countries in the graph can be divided into three groups: those with less than 20%, those with between 20% and 40%, and those with extremely high rates of obesity.
- Americans, Australians and Germans have the highest levels / rates/ prevalence of obesity.
- The number of obese women in Russia is far higher than the figure for men.
- There is a huge difference between the rate of obesity among black American men and women.
- Obesity is most common among women in most of the countries in the graph.
- The graph indicates that women tend to be more obese than men.
- The number of obese women exceeds the number of obese men in most countries.
- There are more obese women than men.
- Men tend to be less overweight than women.
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Download the Excel file with the figures (Right-click, save to your desktop). The graph is from http://www.iuns.org/features/obesity/tabfig.htm
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