The charts below show the percentage of their food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years. The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants.

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and the average family expenditures on

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in various

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the graph compares the

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of

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eaten in fast

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restaurants or sit-down restaurants.

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, the percentage of home cooking decreased through the

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to be equal to the percentage of the

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spent on

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in 2015.

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increased dramatically to 90 overstepping the sit-down

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in 2010. Looking into more details, in 1985, the majority of people relied on home cooking, and only 10% spent their

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on

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. In 1995,

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proportion increased slightly to 15%. After 10

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, the proportion of expenditure on

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saw a notable increase, accounting for 35%. More rise was seen in the proportion of

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spent on

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until it became equal to home cooking. Now moving to the graph, in 1980, the

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of fast

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and sit-down

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was both 20. The former rose slightly to 28

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the latter increased significantly to 35

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in 1990.

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, the

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of fast

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grew quickly through the

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until it reached 90

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per year in 2010.

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the

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of sit-down

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kept expanding gradually accounting for 44

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per year in 2010.