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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 19th October
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The chart below shows the percentages of people in various age groups in the UK who are obese, overweight, normal or underweight.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The chart presents data on the proportions of people in the UK in 2022 that fell into four weight groups, namely, obese, overweight, normal and underweight. As a general trend, we can see that older age groups contain a larger percentage of overweight and obese people.
The youngest age group in the chart, 16 to 24 year olds, has the smallest percentage of obese people in it. Only 13% of people suffer from obesity. This percentage increases significantly in the next two age groups, at 23% for 25-34 year olds, and 30% for the 35 to 44 age range. The proportions of obese people in the subsequent age groups only increases slightly and ranges between 33% and 36%, although the final age group, 75+, contains a significantly smaller percentage of obese people, at 26%.
The percentage of overweight people is relatively small in the youngest age group, at 24%. This jumps to 35% in the next age group and reaches 45% in the oldest group of 75 year olds and older. The percentage of people who are a normal weight begins at 56% for 16 to 24 year olds, but by the 45 to 54 years age group, it has declined to 27%. This percentage remains approximately the same in the following age ranges.
