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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 1st September
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The pie chart below shows the main reason of obesity among people. The table shows the percentage of obese people among different age groups in 3 regions in 2010.
Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
| Percentage of obese people in different age group, 2010 |
| Age group 5- 15 | Age group 16- 25 | Age group 26- 35 | Total obese people | |
| North America | 5 | 30 | 14 | 24 |
| Europe | 25 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
| Africa | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
SAMPLE ANSWER
The pie chart depicts the reason that lead to obesity among people. The table shows the proportion of obese people among different age group in 3 continents in 2010.
It can be seen from the pie chart that fast food contributes highest to the problem of obesity accounting for 35%. It followed by stress with 5% less and lack of physical activity with a little more than a quarter. Lastly, genetic disorder has the least contribution in making people stout.
Heading towards the table, in Europe, total obese population was maximum that was 30%. Here youngest age group that is 5-15 was highly affected by obesity that accounted for a quarter while age group 16-25 was 10 % more than age group 26-35. Next, 24% people were fat in North America where highest population was in the age group of 16-25 and least in the youngest age group. Lastly, merely 10% masses in Africa were maximum numbers of corpulent people were of 26-35 age groups.
Overall, it is clear that fast food seems to be the major factor of obesity and Europe suffered the most from this issue.
