Over the past fifty years, there has been significant variation in the percentage of young people in the UK who choose to eat a vegetarian diet.
In 1960, only a small percentage of adolescents (about 1
percent
) were vegetarian. There was Change the spelling
per cent
then
a steep increase until 1978Linking Words
,
when over 15 Remove the comma
apply
percent
were following a vegetarian diet. Change the spelling
per cent
Thereafter
, the percentage fell steadily until 1990 and Linking Words
then
fluctuated for a decade. It reached a low point of just 4 Linking Words
percent
in 1996. It has risen gradually since 2000 and is expected to continue to do so over the Change the spelling
per cent
next
few years. After reaching a high point in around 2015, it is projected to decline again and level off by the decade’s end.
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Overall
, the graph shows two main periods of interest in vegetarianism among young people in the UK: one peaking around 1978 and the Linking Words
second
projected to peak approximately forty years later, in 2015.Linking Words
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