The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

A glance at the column chart provided reveals the frequency of the American population that ate meals in fast

food

restaurants in three years (2003, 2006 and 2013).

Overall

, it is evident that every day eating in fast

food

restaurants was the lowest in all years,

while

, in 2003 and 2006, going to a fast

food

restaurant once a week was the highest,

however

, in 2013, the number of people went once or twice a month to the restaurant was paramount. In detail, the major proportion of Americans who went to fast

food

restaurants at least once a week was the highest in 2003 and 2006, accounting for approximately 31 per

cent

.

In contrast

, the segment of individuals who went every day was the lowest in a given period, making up 4 per

cent

(2003) and 2,5 per

cent

(2006 and 2013). Moving to the other categories, the number of Americans who went a few times in a year and several times in a week was roughly similar, which fluctuated between 13 and 20 per

cent

in three years.

Moreover

, the share of people that never went to the restaurant was the same in 2006 and 2013, accounting for just below 5 per

cent

,

whereas

it was about 5 per

cent

in 2003.