The pie charts below show the proportion of carbohydrates, protein and fat in three different diets. Summarize the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts compare five categories of

household

expenditure in the

UK

and New

Zealand

in the years 1980 and 2008. It is noticeable that the proportion of spending on food and drink fell in

both

countries over the

28- year

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28-year

period,

while

spending on utility bills rose.

Also

,

UK

residents spent a significantly larger percentage of their

household

budgets on leisure than their New

Zealand

counterparts. In 1980, 29% of

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average New

Zealand

household

budget went on food and drink,

while

the equivalent figure for a

UK

home was 23%. By 2008, expenditure on food and drink had fallen by 4% in New

Zealand

, and by a full 10% in the

UK

.

By contrast

,

both

countries saw an increase in expenditure on utility bills for the average home, from 27% to 31% in New

Zealand

and from 26% to 28% in the

UK

. Leisure activities accounted for the highest proportion of

UK

household

spending in

both

years, but only the third highest proportion in New

Zealand

. In fact, in 2008, New Zealanders spent only half as much in relative terms on recreation (17%) as

UK

residents (34%). In

both

countries, transport costs and other costs took roughly 15% and 10% of

household

budgets respectively.