The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000

The line graph illustrates the amount of fast food consumed by teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

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, the

consumption

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of

fish

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and

chips

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declined over the period,

whereas

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the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased. In 1975, the most popular fast food among Australian teenagers was

fish

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and

chips

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, being eaten 100

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a

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.

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was far higher than Pizza and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5

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a

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.

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, apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the

consumption

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of

fish

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and

chips

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gradually declined over the

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timescale to finish at just under 40

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per

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. In sharp contrast to

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, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher levels. Pizza

consumption

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increased gradually until it overtook the

consumption

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of

fish

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and

chips

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in 1990. It

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levelled off from 1995 to 2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers, increasing sharply throughout the 1970s and 1980s, exceeding

fish

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and

chips

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consumption

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in 1985. It finished at the same level that

fish

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and

chips

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began, with

consumption

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at 100

times

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a

year

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.