the line graph compares the consumption of fast foods by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000

The line graph compares the

consumption

of three fast foods by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000, over a period of 25 years.

Overall

,

it is clear that

whilst the

consumption

of

chips

and

fish

significantly declined over time, over the period, the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased. In 1975, the most popular fast food among teenagers in Australia was

fish

and

chips

, being eaten 100 times a year.

This

number was far higher than that for the other two fast foods, which were consumed 5 times a year. Apart from a brief (small) rise from 1980 to 1985, its

consumption

considerably fell over the time frame to finish at lower (under) 40. In sharp contrast to

this

, teenagers ate pizza and hamburgers at much higher levels. Pizza

consumption

gradually increased until it overtook

fish

and

chips

in 1997. It

then

levelled off at 80 for the

last

three years. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the occasions that they were eaten remarkably increased, exceeding that of

fish

and

chips

in 1997. It finished at the same level that

fish

began, with

consumption

of 100 times a year.