The graph below shows the consumption of fish and somedifferent kinds of meat ina European country between 1979 and 2004.

The graph illustrates changes in the amounts of beef,

lamb

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,

chicken

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and fish consumed in a particular European country between 1979 and 2004. In1979beefwas by far the most popular of these foods, with about 225

grams

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consumed per person per week.

Lamb

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and

chicken

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were eaten in similar quantities (around

150grams

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150 grams

),

while

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much less fish was consumed (just over 50

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).

However

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, during

this

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25-year

period

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the

consumption

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of beef and

lamb

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fell dramatically to approximately 100

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and 55

grams

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respectively. The

consumption

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of fish

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also declined

, but much less significantly to

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just below

50

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,

soalthough

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although

so although

it remained the least popular food,

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levels were the most stable. The

consumption

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of

chicken

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,

on the other hand

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, showed an upward trend, overtaking that of

lamb

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in 1980 and that of beef in 1989. By 2004 it had soared to almost 250

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per person per week.

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, the graph shows how the

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of

chicken

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increased dramatically

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the popularity of these other foods decreased

overthe

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over the

period.