The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate at fast-food shops between 2003 and 201
The given bar charts illustrate the proportion of citizens who ate at fast-food restaurants over the 10 years from 2003 to 2013.
Overall
, the proportion of people
who ate every day, several times
a week
, once a week
and newer witnessed a downward trend, whereas
the percentages of individuals who were eating once or twice a month and a few times
a year
showed an upward trend within the entire period
. Another point that should also
be highlighted is that such
time frames as once a week
and once or twice a month were the most popular period
in 2006 and 2013 respectively. Besides
, everyday eaters and people
who never ate at fast-food restaurants remind relatively stable over the whole period
.
Looking at the details, visiting junk-food cafes several times
a week
was at about 15% in 2003, and after reaching a peak of 20% in 2006, the per cent decreased by approximately 4% in 2013. As for people
who eat once a week
, the figures started at more than 30% in 2003 and slightly rose by 3% in 2006, following which this
per cent dropped to less than 30% in the final year
. Moreover
, the number of cafes which were visited once or twice a month started at 30% in the first year
, and then
there was a fall by 5% in 2006 and an increase to more than 30% in the final year
.
Meanwhile, the number of people
who visited such
cafes a few times
a year
started at less than 15% and following
this
increased slightly to 15% in 2006 and remained at the same position in the final year
. Furthermore
, the proportion of individuals who consume junk food every day was less than 5% in 2003 and remained stable up to the end of the period
. The same could be true for people
who never visited such
shops.Submitted by alieksdandr on
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