The graph shows the trends in consumption of fast foods.

The graph illustrates per head

consumption

of three fast food items in grams in

UK

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between 1970 and 1990. (19)

Overall

, the

consumption

of

hamburger

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hamburgers

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and

fish

or

chips

shows an increasing trend

while

the

consumption

of

pizza

shows a decreasing trend during

this

interval of twenty

years

. Between 1970 and 1980, the

consumption

of

hamburger

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hamburgers

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and

fish

or

chips

went up smoothly from 20

gram

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grams

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(20g) to 100g and from 95g to 150g respectively.

While

the utilization of

pizza

went down gradually from 300g to just over 200g by 1980. In the

next

ten

years

, the

consumption

of

fish

and

chips

rose dramatically high to 600g. The

consumption

of

hamburger

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hamburgers

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first increased steadily from 1981 to 1985 and

then

rose sharply in the

second

half of

this

interval.

However

, the

consumption

of

pizza

declined smoothly in the first five

years

and

then

becomes stable at about 100g in the

last

five

years

. (133)

Thus

,

fish

and

chips

remained the most consumed junk foods in Britain by 1990

while

the popularity of

pizza

decreased steadily in the first fifteen

years

. (26)